Performance

Question 1

Stroop effect

Answer 1

Name colour of items as they appear

Test competition between automatic processes

Conflict condition- interference

Automatic process- word reading, extensive practice

Controlled process- colour naming, word reading interferes

Depends on extensive practice

Question 2

Visual search

Answer 2

Serial search (feature search)
-controlled, effortful, working memory, slow, adaptable, novel tasks

Parallel search (conjunctive search)
-automatic, easy (no resource demands), quick, learn over extensive practice

Question 3

Practice factors

Answer 3

Extensive practice
Consistent practice
Attention during practice

Question 4

Learning curves

NEWELL & ROSENBLOOM

Answer 4

Amount of practice against performance

Initially performance gains are rapid, harder as you get better

Skill= development of habits

Question 5

Deliberate practice

ERICSSON, KRAMPE & TESCH-ROMER

Answer 5

Effortful, extensive practice

Breaks skill into components

Focus on reducing errors

Use of targets

Individually tailored training

Question 6

Especial skills (over learning)

Answer 6

Accuracy against distance from target from highly rained archers

Score decreases over distance

Question 7

Skills causes errors

Answer 7

Action slip- when a habitual action intrudes when performing another task

Question 8

When automatic processing hinders performance

Answer 8

Novel task demands

Mismatch between practiced skill and environment

Attentional lapse