Question

In high school, a student took German; however, she decided to take Russian in college. She finds that she is having trouble learning to speak Russian because she keeps using German words instead of Russian words. What type of problem is she experiencing?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is proactive interference.

Explanation:

Proactive interference is a type of processing impairment in which old information interferes when creating new memories. For example, you might have trouble remembering your new phone number because you keep mistaking it for the old one.

In contrast, retroactive interference is when more recent information interferes when remembering old information.