Malia has taken two consecutive semesters of biology. The second semester was similar to the first in content, but it was more advanced and had more lab work. According to the _____, Malia is likely to forget what she learned the first semester because what she was presented with in the second semester was similar.

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Answer:

Interference theory

Explanation:

Interference theory is related to our memory. It tells how our memory is interfering with other things in long term memory. Interference occurs in the memory when there is the retrieval of other memory occur. Interference occurred when we can not be able to recall the memory that is similar to other memory. Interference occurs in many ways such as proactive interference and retroactive interference. The decay of memory is another reason for interference with memory.  

Thus when Malia has taken two consecutive of biology. The second was similar to first, but it is advanced and had a lot of work in the lab. So that Malia has forgotten the first semester because of the interference of second-semester learning.