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negative transfer

negative transfer

1. a process in which previous learning obstructs or interferes with present learning. For instance, tennis players who learn racquetball must often unlearn their tendency to take huge, muscular swings with the shoulder and upper arm. See also transfer of training. Compare positive transfer.

2. see language transfer.

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