Richard is studying both french and spanish. in the same week, he learns that the french word for "mother" is mére and the spanish word for "mother" is madre. one day his french teacher asks richard, "who is married to your father? " and richard erroneously answers, "madre." richard's memory error can best be explained in terms of

Richard’s memory error can be best explained in terms of interference. Interference is being defined as an occurrence in learning in which the person is interacting in both the new information and the transfer effects in regards of the learned behavior in the past in which Richard incorporates his new learning without fully understanding the question that he should have known the answer.

dude have you found the answer? i go to connexus as well but i think the answer is prime minister