Nathan has been playing golf with his parents for many years.When he goes out for the school baseball team, he has trouble hitting the ball because he keeps confusing the swing of the bat with how he swings a golf club.Nathan's difficulty reflects:
A)Negative transfer
B)General transfer
C)Rote learning
D)Mental set in problem solving

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Nathan's difficulties are an example of negative transfer, which occurs when skills learned in one context interfere with the performance of skills in a new, but similar, context. In this case, the similar context is the swinging motion required for both golf and baseball, but the specific ways in which the club and bat are held and swung are different. As a result, Nathan is having difficulty hitting the ball because he is trying to apply his golf swing to baseball, leading to negative transfer.

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