After switching dorm rooms and getting a new phone number, alexis found that it was harder to remember her previous dorm room's phone number. alexis was experiencing

The correct answer is retroactive interference

Retroactive interference refers to the phenomenon wherein newly learned and memorized information get in the way of or interferes with recalling and retrieving old memories. In this instance, Alexis's newly formed memory of her current phone number is interfering with her ability to retrieve the memory of her former dorm room's phone number.

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