Question

Jennifer had her stomach pumped after she ingested part of an unknown compound in chemistry class. "But at home we always taste things to find out whether they're sugar or salt," she said. Jennifer is a victim of_____________.

Answer 1

A) Negative transfer

Step-by-step explanation:

The options for this question are missing. The options are:

A) negative transfer.

B) improper coding.

C) intuitive thinking.

D) divergent thinking.

In psychology, the term negative transfer refers to the interference of old knowledge with new learning. In other words, the knowledge that we already have interferes in our capacity to get new knowledge.

In this example, Jenny had he stomach pumped after she ingeste d part of an unknown compound in chemistry class. She says that "at home we always taste things to find out whether they're sugar or salt". We can see that the knowledge she already has (what she does at home) is interfering her capacity to get new knowledge and be more cautious in chemistry class. Therefore, she is a victim of negative transfer.