Terry 11 Flashcards
landmarks
using a feature of your environment as an anchor; spacial navigation skills build on this
route knowledge
knowing the path through an environment(younger people use this)
survey knowledge/cognitive map
know a map and you decide which route to take (test by blocking a pathway) (older people use this)
radial arm maze
arms radiate out from the central location; used to test cognitive mapping
morris water maze
put a rat in a large tank of water, can find a platform to stand on
preferred perspective
the way your body is facing determines where you think you are
motor skills learning
associating certain stimuli/orders of movement. ex: learning how to type
pursuit rotor task
put a disc on something that rotates…
mirror task
drawing or reading in a mirror
power law
the more effort you put into it, the less return you get as time goes on
alternating spaced schedule
spaced practice for several skills, study several each day for a short time each and then do this for several days
critical study: had subjects use their finger to follow an arc on the screen
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metacognition
knowledge about how well you understand what works in developing motor skills
artificial grammar
make up a language and see how well participants learn it
errorless training
never allow the learner to make a mistake