Quite often, children who grow up on farms and learn to drive tractors have an easier time later ...

Quite often, children who grow up on farms and learn to drive tractors have an easier time later learning to drive cars than do children who had no such previous experience. This phenomenon is referred to as
 
  a. general transfer.
  b. specific transfer.
  c. far transfer.
  d. high-road transfer.

Ques. 2

A researcher wished to determine if there was a difference in the college aptitude examination scores of traditional and nontraditional undergraduate students. The researcher selected p = .05 as the level for rejecting the null hypothesis. The researcher obtained a mean score of 52 for nontraditional students and a mean score of 40 for the traditional students. Statistical analysis indicated that the difference in means was significant at the .05 level. What result would be reported?
 
  a. Nontraditional students are better college students.
  b. Nontraditional students have higher motivation, and this increases their college skills.
  c. Traditional college students are not as experienced, so they have a lower score.
  d. Nontraditional college students had a significantly higher score on the college aptitude examination than did traditional college students.

Ques. 3

You are an accomplished violinist but have always dreamed of playing the guitar in a rock band. Unfortunately, you are having a hard time keeping your violin finger positions separate from your guitar finger positions. This characterizes what type of transfer?
 
  a. positive
  b. negative
  c. general
  d. high road