An elderly professor of ichthyology (study of fish) once explained why he doesn’t like to learn his students' names. Every time he learns a new name, he forget a name of a fish. Which concept or theorybest describes this phenomenon??
a. ?decay theory
b. ?relearning method
c. ?proactive inhibition
d. ?retroactive inhibition
ANSWER:
d
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