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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.5
How does Interference Theory explain someone's difficulty remembering their old address after moving to a new one?
The individual did not properly encode their old address into memory.
The old address memory has decayed over time due to lack of use.
They have repressed the memory of their old address for emotional reasons.
The new address information interferes with the recall of the old address.
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