Zachary typically parks his car in the parking lot by the library. On Wednesday the library lot was full, so he parked by the ad
ministration building. After class, he headed for the library parking lot to get his car, and was dismayed when he could not find it. This memory difficulty most clearly illustrates which of the following theories of forgetting?A. source misattributionB. storage decayC. interference
Interference theory: In psychology, the term interference theory describes that forgetting of a particular memory occurs because different memories interfere with each other and therefore disrupts or distorts one another. In other words, forgetting occurs due to the interference of one memory with that of another.
There could be two possible way of memory interference including proactive interference and retroactive interference.
In the question above, Zachary's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates the interference theory of forgetting.
