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Industrial-organizational psychology

the idea that learning transfers to a new task only to the extent that the training and target tasks share common elements.

In industrial-organizational psychology, identical elements theory refers to the idea that learning transfers to a new task only to the extent that the training and target tasks share common elements. This meaning comes from Thorndike (1901) in Psychological Review.[1]

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Thorndike, E. L., & Woodworth, R. S. (1901). The influence of improvement in one mental function upon the efficiency of other functions. (I). Psychological Review, 8(3), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074898

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