Question

In high school, a student took German; however, she decided to take Russian in college. She finds that she is having trouble learning to speak Russian because she keeps using German words instead of Russian words. What type of problem is she experiencing?

A) retroactive interference
B) proactive interference
C) decay
D) transience

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. and what it means is already learned material is left behind in your head and you think the the German you have learned is Russian.