The, automatic, often unconscious, transfer of learning to another situation is known as:

The correct answer is - Low-road transfer

Key Points

• Low-road transfer
  • Refers to the automatic and often unconscious transfer of learned skills or knowledge to a new, similar situation.
  • Occurs without conscious thought, typically in tasks that are well-practiced and familiar.
  • Examples include driving a car with a similar make and model to one you've driven before, or using familiar software applications on different devices.

Additional Information

• Mental set
  • Refers to a tendency to approach problems in a particular way, often one that has been successful in the past.
  • Can lead to difficulties in solving new problems that require different strategies.
• High-road transfer
  • Involves the conscious and deliberate application of knowledge and skills to a new and different context.
  • Requires reflective thinking and often involves abstraction and generalization.
• Memory span
  • Refers to the number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can hold in working memory at one time.
  • Often measured by tasks such as digit span tests.