Answer:
1. proactive; retroactive interference
Explanation:
The interference of memory occurs when it combines or distort with another memory/info (whether old or new) making one forget information because of this confusion.
Proactive interference is when old memories muddle with the new one making remembering difficult. As for the Retroactive interference it's the opposite; occurs when we forget an old task/memory due to learning a new one.
<span>Jerome's failure to retrieve his paper is analogous to the decay theory of forgetting, whereas Kaci's failure better resembles the interference theory. It is a decay theory because Jerome's term paper file in the computer was corrupted resulting in the loss of all his files including his paper whereas for Kaci, it is interference because her term paper was mixed with all the other documents in her hard drive.</span>
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