Skill acquisition and psychology 2

Question 1

What are the different stages of learning

Answer 1

Cognitive
Assosaitive
Autonmous

Question 2

What is the cognitive stage of learning

Answer 2

The preparation stage of starting to learn a new skill

Lots of mistakes are made

Question 3

What is the assosiative stage of learning

Answer 3

The practice stage where you repeat and practice the skills to improve
Number of mistakes decrease as more practice is done

Question 4

What is the autonomous stage of learning

Answer 4

Automatic stage where you perform skill naturally without much thought. High level of control and accuracy

Mistakes are rare, when made you can analyse what went wrong

Question 5

What is knowledge of results

Answer 5

Knowing score and distance or place in race to know how well you have done

Question 6

What is knowledge of performance

Answer 6

Analysing quality of movement or techniques

How good you timing felt when batting a ball in cricket

Question 7

What is the best piece of feedback for cognitive performers

Answer 7

Extrinsic feedback as they do not have much knowledge on how to perform skill and coaches can teach basic skills and techniques

Question 8

What is the best piece of feedback for associative learners

Answer 8

extrinsic and knowledge of performance
Coaches can still give feedback, maybe more detailed.
Knowledge of performance can also help by knowing how well you hit a ball and know what to do next time for practice

Question 9

What is the best piece of feedback for autonomous performers

Answer 9

Intrinsic feedback

Performer can analyse skill personally and can adjust performance

Question 10

What is the importance of receiveing feedback

Answer 10

Performer can gain motivation and ensure the performer is building towards future success

Question 11

What are the different types of guidance

Answer 11

Visual
Verbal
Manual/Mechanical

Question 12

What is visual guidance and how can it be provided

Answer 12

What you see when learning a skill, such as watching videos or demonstrations by others

Question 13

What is verbal guidance and how can it be provided

Answer 13

What you are told, coaches can help explain movements or techniqies

Question 14

What is mechanical guidance and how can it be provided

Answer 14

What you feel when learning a skill, equipment such as harness on a trampoline helps show you how to perform skill

Question 15

What is manual guidance and how can it be provided

Answer 15

What supports you when learning a skill, coaches can physically guide you through skill to help acquire muscle memory. Which is created by repeating skill

Question 16

What are the principles of goal setting

Answer 16

SMARTER
Specific
Measureable
Agreed
Realistic
Time phased
Exciting
Recorded

Question 17

What is the specific principle

Answer 17

Making a goal more target specific

Such as instead of saying you will run faster, you say you will run 100m in 10 seconds

Question 18

What is the Measurable principle

Answer 18

Making sure you are able to measure the activity

Running a 100m can be timed

Question 19

What is the agreed principle

Answer 19

When you and coach agree with goals. Making sure it is challenging and achievable

Question 20

What is the realistic principle

Answer 20

If goal is too unrealistic, this can demotivate performer.

instead of running 100m in 9 seconds, I will run under 12 seconds by the end of the month

Question 21

What is the time phased principle

Answer 21

When goals are planned out for a period of time

A week, month or year goal, And as you achieve these you know you are making progress

Question 22

What is the exciting principle

Answer 22

Goals that are challenging and exciting will prevent you from boredom.
More excitement will read to better progress. As progress is made goals should be made more challenging

Question 23

What is the recorded principle

Answer 23

Making sure goals are written down to know what your goal is

You can continue to check if you are progressing and have met your targets