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Proactive Interference

Proactive interference occurs when old information stored in long-term memory interferes with the learning of new information. This usually occurs when the new information is similar to the old information. An everyday example of proactive interference is when you try to remember a new mobile phone number and your memory for your old number disrupts your attempts to remember this new information.

• Proactive Interference - Keppel and Underwood (1962)

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• Example Answers for Memory: A Level Psychology, Paper 1, June 2019 (AQA)

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• Memory: MCQ Revision Test 1 for AQA A Level Psychology

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• Memory - "Connection Wall" activity

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• Example Answers for Memory: A Level Psychology, Paper 1, June 2018 (AQA)

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• Memory - Key Term "Conundrum" Activity

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• Example Answer for Question 11 Paper 1: AS Psychology, June 2017 (AQA)

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• A Level Psychology Topic Quiz - Memory

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• Proactive and Retroactive Interference

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