You See a Phone Number on Television for a Product

Multiple Choice

You see a phone number on television for a product you want to buy,but you can't find a pencil to write it down.As you are trying to memorize the number,you see another number appear in the next commercial for a second product you want to buy.Suddenly you realize that you have forgotten the first number! This outcome is due to ____.

A) interference
B) decay
C) proactive inhibition
D) repression