Professor Ichthyop, Who Specializes in the Study of the Lost

Multiple Choice

Professor Ichthyop, who specializes in the study of the Lost River sucker fish, complains that each semester whenever he learns the name of a new student, he forgets the name of a fish. He is complaining about the problem of ________ in memory.

A) cue-dependent forgetting
B) decay
C) retroactive interference
D) proactive interference