Liam had prepared extensively for his Grade 8 piano exam, mostly practising the contemporary classical piece alone in his quiet bedroom at home. However, once in the sterile, echoey exam room in front of the strict examiner, Liam struggled to recall the fingerings and notes for his piece. Instead, he kept playing passages from a romantic-era waltz he had mastered two years ago for his Grade 5 exam.
Discuss retrieval failure and interference as explanations for forgetting. Refer to Liam's music exam in your answer.
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