Suppose you have been studying your french vocabulary words for several hours and are making many mistakes. you switch to reviewing the new terms for your upcoming biology test, and your performance is noticeably better. you are experiencing?

The correct answer is: Release from proactive interference.

Explanation:

Proactive interference occurs when an individual memorizes a list of information, (be it names, ideas, formulas) and when trying to remember a last part of that list, an initial information suddenly get's in the way.

For example, Lucas  first memorized the name of the cities of Spain and then the name of the cities of Italy. When trying to recall the name of the cities of Italy he suddenly starts remembering the names of the city of Spain that he previously was not able to recall.

In this particular case, when reviewing the new terms for the upcoming biology test, the performance for the french vocabulary words was noticeably better, because I was experiencing Release from proactive interference.

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