According to the cognitive theory of transfer,
A)the likelihood of transfer is related to the trainee's ability to retrieve learned capabilities.
B)transfer is more likely when trainees have memorized a new body of knowledge than when they have learned a new skill.
C)knowledge is easier to retrieve from memory than skill,because of the latter's behavioral component.
D)it is not effective to illustrate for trainees the various applications of new knowledge or skill.

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The cognitive theory of transfer suggests that the likelihood of transfer is related to the trainee's ability to retrieve learned capabilities. In other words, trainees need to be able to access the knowledge or skill they learned in the training context in order to transfer it to a new context. Therefore, option A is correct, while options B, C, and D are incorrect.

According to the Cognitive Theory of Transfer