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Learning Inhibitions

ds@uts.amdahl.com (Don Sterk)
(original, chuckle, science)

When I was in high school I learned about retroactive inhibition.
Retroactive inhibition occurs when learning something new causes you
to forget something you used to know.  For example, if you know how
to play a clarinet and then learn how to play a saxophone, you might find
that you get confused when you try to play clarinet again.

When I went to college my Psychology class studied both retroactive
inhibition and proactive inhibition.  Proactive inhibition occurs when
something you learned in the past prevents your learning something new.

Or is it the other way around?  Ever since learning about proactive
inhibition, I've never been able to keep retroactive and proactive
inhibition straight.

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