CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Retroactive interference occurs when we forget a previously learned task due to the learning of a new task. In other words, later learning interferes with earlier learning-where new memories disrupt old memories. This implies that as a person progresses forward in life, he learns new things.

Detailed explanation-2: -Retroactive interference refers to conditions in which new learning interferes with old learning. Forgetting may be due to decay, a failure to reinstate the context of initial learning, or interference. Retroactive interference (new learning interferes with old) is contrasted with proactive (old interferes with new).

Detailed explanation-3: -In the case of retroactive interference, learning new things can make it more difficult to recall things that we already know. For example, a musician might learn a new piece, only to find that the new song makes it more difficult to recall an older, previously learned piece.

Detailed explanation-4: -Proactive interference occurs when old memories hinder the ability to make new memories. In this type of interference, old information inhibits the ability to remember new information, such as when outdated scientific facts interfere with the ability to remember updated facts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Retroactive inhibition is the negative effect of an activity following memorization on the retention of the material memorized. If memorization is followed by some other activity, recall of the material may not be as complete as when the memorization is followed by rest.