negative transfer

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noun Psychology.

the obstruction of or interference with new learning because of previous learning, as when a U.S. tourist in England learns to drive on the left side of the road.

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Origin of negative transfer

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby negative transfer

negative reinforcement, negative resistance, negative sign, negative tax, negative theology, negative transfer, negativism, negaton, negator, negatory, negatron

How to use negative transfer in a sentence

Without transference of this sort, or without a negative transfer, he would not even listen to the physician and to his arguments.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud