James remembered his last psychology quiz questions with clarity. He forgot, however, that the quiz was on only one chapter beca
use most of the quizzes had been on more than one chapter. His expectations about psychology quizzes affected his memory. This is an example of the effect of
Proactive interference ) occurs when you cannot learn a new task because of an old task that had been learnt. When what we already know interferes with what we are currently learning , where old memories disrupt new memories.In the case of James,he forgot, however, that the quiz was on only one chapter (new task)because most of the quizzes had been on more than one chapter (old task) , this interfered with the current information given to him.
Proactive interference occurs when someone find it difficult to remember a new thing after the person had previously learnt the old one making it difficult to retrieve or remember the new things.
As in the case of James in which the quiz was only on one chapter which is the new method which was just introduce but he could not remember because he is used to the method of seeing, most of the quizzes been on more than one chapter . He remember the old method they were using and forgot the new method of the quiz questions . This simply means the old method was interfering with the new method.
This scenario makes the expectations about psychology quizzes affected James memory.
This happen to James due to the effects of PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE.
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