Psychology - Social Influence - Forgetting SA

Question 1

proactive interference

Answer 1

when you cannot learn a new task because of an old task that has been learnt

• when what we already know interferes with that we are currently learning
• old memories disrupt new memories

Question 2

retroactive interference

Answer 2

when you forget a previously learnt task due to the learning of a new task

• later learning interferes with earlier learning
• new memories disrupt old memories