Memory Proactive and Retroactive Interference

ProactiveOld hurts newRetroactiveNew hurts old(notice the acronym) You call your boyfriend by your old boyfriend's name. Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference You took Japanese classes a while ago. And now, while trying to learn Korean, you tend to use Japanese vocabulary in the Korean class, thus hindering your ability to learn Korean. Proactive interference Retroactive interference When you create a new password and you forget the old one. Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference You can't remember how you learned how to multiply fractions the way your old teacher taught you because your new teacher teaches you a different way to do it. Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference When the set up of Publix supermarket changes, you will look for things in their old places instead of their new ones. Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference When you come back to school after Christmas break, you often find yourself writing the previous year on your papers. Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference You took economics last semester and you still try to go to Mrs. Barwick's class when you are presently enrolled in government in Muse's class this semester. Proactive interference Retroactive interference When you switch from driving a stick shift to an automatic, then you go back to driving a stick shift and you forget how to Proactive Interference Retroactive Interference