Educational Psychology / Unit 4 EDP 0305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Positive, Negative and Zero Transfer
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The idea
Positive transfer helps performance in a new situation, negative transfer interferes with it, and zero transfer leaves it unaffected.
In practice
Knowing Spanish helps with Italian vocabulary but can mislead on words that look alike and differ.
Where people slip
Negative transfer is an error pattern worth anticipating: an old habit intrudes where a new rule applies.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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