L13A: Retention and Transfer Tests

Question 1

Answer 1

c) Relatively temporary
e) Is directly observable

Question 2

Answer 2

b) False

Question 3

How is Absolute retention Measured?

Answer 3

Question 4

How is Relative Retention Measured?

Answer 4

How much has been forgotten?

Question 5

Answer 5

Watch Lecture

Question 6

Answer 6

Watch lecture

Question 7

What is the objective of conducting the tests?

Answer 7

To assess learning:
separate temporary performance from learning effects

Allow time for temporary effects to dissipate

Question 8

A Retention test measures….?

Answer 8

How Persistent is performance

Question 9

A transfer test measures….?

Answer 9

How Adaptable/generalizable are the skills that you learned

Question 10

When is an absolute retention test used?

Answer 10

GOOD for determining pure “learning” effects (i.e., relatively permanent effects); especially when comparing different groups/conditions

Question 11

When is a Relative retention test used?

Answer 11

GOOD if we want a measure of forgetting (e.g., loss) or memory consolidation (i.e., skill preservation or gains after sleep/rest).

BUT relative measures are still sensitive to temporary factors, such as fatigue, which affects the calculation

Question 12

What is Transfer of Practice?

Answer 12

How does prior experience of a
skill transfer to another similar or different skill

Question 13

How is Transfer of Practice measured?

Answer 13

Measured by gain (enhancement) or loss (interference) in capability for skilled performance from practice of another skill.

Question 14

We expect certain skills to transfer well to new skills,
but there can be both positive and negative transfer

Answer 14