Chelsea is trying to learn Spanish. However, she is finding it difficult to learn Spanish because of her tendency to apply English grammar to the Spanish language. This is an example of:
a. decay.
b. proactive interference.
c. the forgetting curve.
d. retroactive interference.
b. proactive interference.
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a. classical conditioning. b. vicarious conditioning. c. the law of association. d. the law of effect.
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a. mean b. midst c. mode d. median
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a. based on an individual's experience. c. genetically based. b. related to people's basic temperaments. d. both b and c.