Deliah is having trouble with her memory. She finds that when she studies for one test and then later tries to study for another one, the information from the previous test gets in the way of the information from the present test. What is Deliah experiencing?
What will be an ideal response?
In this case, Deliah is forgetting her concepts because of interference. According to the interference theory, one forgets information when other information gets in the way-such as when studying for a history test causes a student to forget information for a biology test.
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