Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0692 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Retroactive Interference
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The idea
Retroactive interference occurs when newer learning disrupts the retrieval of older learning.
In practice
After learning a new password, the previous one becomes hard to produce.
Where people slip
Direction is the only difference between the two kinds. Which is older is what the labels track.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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