Proactive inference occurs when

a. older memories interfere with newer memories.
b. newer memories interfere with older memories.
c. more frequently experienced events interfere with less frequently experienced events.
d. less frequently experienced events interfere with more frequently experienced events. e. items in the middle of a list interfere with memorizing the first and last items.


a

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