Imagine that the first car you learned to drive was a manual transmission with a clutch, but the car you drive now is an automatic. Sometimes you find yourself reaching for the clutch that is no longer there. This example illustrates

a. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
c. retrograde amnesia.
d. anterograde amnesia.
e. eidetic amnesia.


b. proactive interference.

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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