Outline the stages of skill learning
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Fitts and Posner (1967) proposed three stages of skill learning: (1) cognitive stage in which knowledge is declaratively represented; (2) associative stage in which error rates and verbal mediations decline; and (3) autonomous stage in which behavior is highly accurate, rapidly executed, and requires little attention.
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a. show more prosocial behavior. b. receive more “dislike” than “like” ratings. c. tend to have good senses of humor. d. receive more “like” than “dislike” ratings.
Why might people enjoy a boring show more if they paid to see it than if they got in free?
a. The collective unconscious b. Cognitive dissonance c. Pluralistic ignorance d. Groupthink
According to research by Nisbett and Wilson (1977),
a. people are often unable to give accurate explanations for the causes of their own behavior. b. people compare themselves with similar others for self-verification. c. introspection is a valid and accurate source of information about the self. d. the development of the self-concept begins at birth.
Roger works full-time, has a part-time second job, and has started a new consulting company in response to his son’s special needs. He seems to be coping with everything quite well—at least for the moment. According to Hans Selye, Roger is in the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
a. alarm b. resistance c. appraisal d. exhaustion