Nathan has been playing golf with his parents for many years. When he goes out for the school baseball team, he has trouble hitting the ball because he keeps confusing the swing of the bat with how he swings a golf club. Nathan's difficulty is the result of:
A) Vertical transfer
B) Mental set in problem solving
C) Rote learning
D) Negative transfer

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Nathan is experiencing negative transfer, which is when prior learning interferes with the learning of a new skill or task. In this case, the motor movements of swinging a golf club are interfering with the motor movements required for swinging a baseball bat.

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