Chapter 4 Flashcards
refers to a relatively permanent change in human capabilities that can include KSAs that are not the result of growth processes.
learning
refers to trainees effectively and continually applying what they have learned in training to their jobs.
transfer of training
refers to a trainees ability to apply what they learned to on the job problems and situations that are similar but not necessarily identical to those problems and situations encountered in the learning environment.
generalization
refers to the process of trainees continuing to use what they learned over time.
maintenance
includes names or labels, facts, and bodies of knowledge.
verbal information
include concepts and rules which are critical to solve problems, serve customers, and create products.
intellectual skills
include coordination of physical movements.
motor skills
are a combination of beliefs and feelings that predispose a person to behave a certain way.
attitudes
regulates the processes of learning.
cognitive strategies
emphasizes that people are motivated to perform or avoid certain behaviors because of past outcomes that have resulted from those behaviors.
reinforcement theory
emphasizes that people learn by observing other persons whom they believe are credible and knowledge.
social learning theory
is a person’s judgement about whether they can successfully learn knowledge and skills.
self efficacy
means offering words of encouragement to convince others they can learn.
Verbal persuasion
involves perceiving a relationship between a new task and a task already mastered.
logical verification
involves having employees who already have mastered the learning outcomes demonstrate them for trainees.
modeling
involves having employees to build a history of successful accomplishments.
past accomplishments
assumes that behavior results from a person’s conscious goals and intentions.
goal setting theory
refers to the goals held by a trainee in a learning situation. Includes learning or performance orientation.
goal orientation
relates to trying to increase ability or competence in a task.
learning orientation
refers to learners who focus on task performance and how they compare to others.
performance orientation
a deficiency that a person is experiencing at any point in time.
need
these are beliefs about the link between trying to perform a behavior and actually performing well.
expectancies
a belief that performing a given behavior is associated with a particular outcome.
instrumentality
the value that a person places on an outcome.
valence
the theory of adult learning.
andragogy
refer to training objectives that are linked to learning specific skills that are to be identically produced by the trainee on their job.
closed skills
these are linked to more general learning principles.
open skills
proposes that transfer of training occurs when what is being learned in the training session is identical to what the trainee has to perform on the job.
theory of identical elements