Multiple Choice
Interference and amnesia both involve forgetting information. The difference is that
A) interference involves decay while amnesia does not
B) interference is always proactive while amnesia is retroactive
C) interference is due to retrieval failure and amnesia is typically due to trauma
D) in amnesia the memory is repressed but in interference it is not
E) amnesia is due to dementia while interference is not
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