Learning and performance Flashcards
What is thorndike’s law of exercise?
The performer must practise regularly in favourable conditions
What are thorndike’s laws of learning?
Law of exercise
Law of effect
Law of readiness
What is thorndike’s law of effect
The performer is more likely to repeat an action if there action is followed by an expirance of satisfaction.
What is thorndike’s law of readiness?
The performer must be physically and mentally able to complete the task.
What is hulls drive reduction theory?
Learning will occur due to the performers desire to complete the task and only by achieving their desire will they be satisfied.
What are the two types of schema?
Recall
Recognition
What are the two sources of information of recall schema?
Knowledge of initial conditions
Knowledge of response specifications
What does the knowledge of initial conditions mean?
Refers to information about the location of a performer. There environment and limb position
What does the knowledge of response specifications mean?
Refers to information about the task to be completed, the speed the force, the options available.
What are the two sources of information for recognition schema
Sensory consequences
Response outcome
What does sensory consequences mean?
Refers to the feelings expiranced during and after the movement. Kinaesthetic feeling and other sensory info
What is response outcome in recognition schema
Refers to the end result and a comparison being made with the intend outcome
What are the 6 transfers of learning
Positive transfer Zero transfer Negative transfer Bilateral transfer Proactive transfer Retroactive transfer
What is positive transfer?
Involves previously learnt skills helping the development of new skills
What is negative transfer
Involves perviously learnt skills hindering the development of new skills
Eg tennis to badminton
