Skill Acquistion

Question 1

What are the 2 types of learning?

Answer 1

Explicit and implicit

Question 2

What is explicit learning?

Answer 2

Consciously set out to learn a skill, instructions and concentration on task

Question 3

what is implicit learning?

Answer 3

Subconsciously being exposed to a skill

Question 4

What are the 2 types of knowledge?

Answer 4

Declarative and procedural

Question 5

What is declarative knowledge?

Answer 5

1st stage of learning is to acquire it. It is knowing wha to do, listening to instructions

Question 6

What is procedural knowledge?

Answer 6

2nd stage, being able to do the skill, developed through practice

Question 7

Who made the 3 stages of learning and what are they?

Answer 7

Fitts and posser
Cognitive -
Fixation - gradual improvements
Autonomous - elite, perform the skill without consciously thinking about it

Question 8

What shape is the measurement of learning?
Explain the stages

Answer 8

S shape
Slow beginning, steep acceleration, proficiency, plateau

Question 9

What is neuroplasticity?

Answer 9

Brains ability to change it structure and function, changes through intentional practice, greater changes are seen when the age of learning starts younger