Chapter 9 - Transfer of Training

Question 1

Booster session

Answer 1

Extensions of training programs that involve

a review of the training material

Question 2

Continuous learning culture

Answer 2

A culture in which
members of an organization believe that knowledge and skill acquisition are part of their job responsibilities and that learning is an important part
of work life in the organization

Question 3

Debriefs

Answer 3

Discussions about

trainees’ transfer experiences and transfer obstacles

Question 4

Far transfer

Answer 4

The extent to which trainees can apply

what was learned in training to novel or different situations from those in which they were trained

Question 5

Generalization

Answer 5

The use or application of learned material to the job

Question 6

General principles

Answer 6

The general rules and theoretical principles that underlie the application of trained knowledge and skills

Question 7

Goal-setting intervention

Answer 7

An intervention that instructs trainees about the goal-setting process and how to set specific goals for using trained skills on the job

Question 8

Horizontal transfer

Answer 8

The transfer of knowledge and skills across different settings or contexts at the same level

Question 9

Identical elements

Answer 9

Training experiences and conditions that

closely resemble those in the actual work environment

Question 10

Maintenance

Answer 10

The use or application of learned material on the job over a period of time

Question 11

Motivation to transfer

Answer 11

A trainee’s intended effort to use on the job skills and knowledge learned in training

Question 12

Near transfer

Answer 12

The extent to which trainees can apply what was learned in training to situations that are very similar
to those in which they were trained

Question 13

Negative transfer

Answer 13

Training has had a negative effect and trainees are performing worse as a result of a training program

Question 14

Opportunity to perform

Answer 14

The extent to which a trainee is provided

with the opportunity to perform trained tasks on the job

Question 15

Performance contract

Answer 15

An agreement outlining how the newly learned skills will be applied to the job

Question 16

Positive transfer

Answer 16

Trainees apply new knowledge, skills, and

attitudes acquired in training on the job

Question 17

Post-training supplements

Answer 17

Transfer interventions that take place on the job following a training program

Question 18

Readiness to learn/ trainability

Answer 18

The extent to which an individual has the

knowledge, skills, abilities, and motivation to learn the training content

Question 19

Relapse

Answer 19

When trainees revert back to using old skills or their pre-training behaviour

Question 20

Relapse prevention

Answer 20

An intervention that instructs trainees to anticipate transfer obstacles and high-risk situations in the work environment and to develop coping skills and strategies to overcome them

Question 21

Self-coaching

Answer 21

Trainees examine the extent to which they have engaged in trained behaviours and establish performance maintenance and improvement goals

Question 22

Self-management

Answer 22

A post-training transfer intervention that teaches trainees to manage their transfer behaviour

Question 23

Stimulus variability

Answer 23

A variety of training stimuli and experiences, such as multiple examples of a concept and practice experiences in a variety of situations

Question 24

Supervisor support

Answer 24

The extent to which supervisors reinforce

and encourage the use of learning on the job

Question 25

Trainee characteristics

Answer 25

Trainee capabilities, personality traits, motivational factors, values and interests, attitudes and emotions, and perceptions

Question 26

Training transfer climate

Answer 26

Characteristics in the work environment that can either facilitate or inhibit the application of training on the job

Question 27

Transfer system

Answer 27

All factors in the person, training, and organization that

influence transfer of learning to job performance

Question 28

Transfer of training

Answer 28

The generalization of knowledge and skills learned in training on the job and the maintenance of acquired knowledge and skills over time

Question 29

Transfer of training interventions

Answer 29

Interventions provided at the end of a training program to facilitate the transfer of training

Question 30

Upward feedback

Answer 30

Trainees receive data on the frequency with

which they engaged in trained behaviours and written comments on their performance from subordinates

Question 31

Valence

Answer 31

Beliefs about the desirability of outcomes obtained from training

Question 32

Vertical transfer

Answer 32

Transfer from the individual or trainee level to the organizational level, or the extent to which changes in
trainee behaviour or performance transfer to organizational-level outcomes

Question 33

WIIFM

Answer 33

What’s in it for me?

Question 34

Zero transfer

Answer 34

Trainees do not use new knowledge, skills, and attitudes acquired in training on the job