Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The transfer of learning from one situation to another that is conscious and effortful is low-road transfer.
Statement II:The automatic, often unconscious, transfer of learning to another situation is high-road transfer.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false ✓ Correct
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
Explanation
Both statements are false because the two definitions are swapped.
Low-road transfer is the automatic, often unconscious transfer of well-practised skills.
High-road transfer is the conscious, effortful and deliberate application of learning.
Statement 1 wrongly calls conscious transfer low-road.
Statement 2 wrongly calls automatic transfer high-road.
Salomon and Perkins proposed the low-road and high-road distinction.
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