Proactive interference
In memory psychology, proactive interference describes the influence or overlaying of newly acquired memory contents by what has been learned earlier (in contrast to retroactive interference ). The disruptive material acts forward in time, i.e. proactive.
For example, you first read a book and then study for an exam. If you then remember things in the exam the next day that belong in the book and not in the exam material, the story from the book has proactively interfered with what you have learned.
Another example relates to everyday life: suppose we are used to taking a certain bus route to work every day. On a certain day we want to go to a different destination, but accidentally get on the usual bus route. Then something earlier interfered proactively with what was later "learned".
history
In 1975 Douglas S. Grants demonstrated proactive interference in pigeons.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ James E. Mazur: Learning and Memory . Ed .: Pearson Studium. 5th edition. Munich, ISBN 3-8273-7086-8 .
- ^ Grant, DS: Proactive interference in pigeon short-term memory . Ed .: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. tape 1 , no. 3 , 1975, p. 207-220 , doi : 10.1037 / 0097-7403.1.3.207 .