A child learns to ride a bike. Having learned to ride a bike, he finds he is able to ride a scooter with no trouble at all, whereas before he learned to ride a bike, he couldn't ride a scooter. This is an example of
A) high-road transfer.
B) low-road transfer.
C) general transfer.
D) identical elements.

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Low-road transfer occurs when skills learned in one context are easily applied to another without much conscious thought, as in the case of riding a bike and then being able to ride a scooter due to the similarity in skills required.

A Child Learns to Ride a Bike