mislearning
Absorbing incorrect information
Mislearning is acquiring knowledge or skills incorrectly—learning something wrong rather than failing to learn it at all.
The term appears in educational and cognitive psychology contexts: Mislearning is harder to correct than not learning, because you have to unlearn first.
It can also describe picking up bad habits or false information through experience.
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- false beliefConviction contrary to reality
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- inaccuracyLack of precision
distortion · confusion · misremembering · faulty reasoning · flawed logic · misinterpretation · overgeneralization · false memory
Coerced ideological transformation
- retrainingAcquiring updated skills
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
reconditioning · rewiring · error correction · reorientation · debunking
Detrimental repeated behavior
- automaticitySelf-generating action capacity
- conditioned responseLearned reaction to stimulus
- fossilizationOrganic remains becoming mineral
- procedural errorDeviation from required steps
misconception
Erroneous belief or understanding
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- false beliefConviction contrary to reality
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
inaccuracy · distortion · confusion · misremembering · faulty reasoning · flawed logic · misinterpretation · overgeneralization · false memory · knowledge gap
reeducation
Coerced ideological transformation
- retrainingAcquiring updated skills
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- correctionFixing of mistakes
deprogramming · reconditioning · rewiring · error correction · reorientation · debunking
bad habit
Detrimental repeated behavior
- automaticitySelf-generating action capacity
- conditioned responseLearned reaction to stimulus
- fossilizationOrganic remains becoming mineral
skill gap
Mismatch in workforce abilities
- crammingIntensive last-minute study
mislearningmastery
Complete skill or control
competence · expertise · enlightenment · understanding · proficiency
learn, learning, learned, learner, learnt, learners, relearning, unlearning, unlearnt