PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Spatial Memory, Bobby Fischer, Wesley Chu
11 Mar 2013
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How did tiger woods become the best golfer in history: research on the acquisition of expert performance, how we become experts= next 5 classes. Focusing on how he became an expert relates a lot to the research mentioned above. Objectives: to consider the role of ability vs effort (or motivation) in achieving one"s goals, to understand the unique importance of deliberate practice in promoting expertise. Swedish research who emigrated to us, 1994 paper revolutionized how people think of expertise: cognitive psychologist and in 1994 article he speaks of research with many diff kinds of experts (athletes, musicians, chess masters) Language arts = 11: hours per week = 8. Start age = 8: to what extent do you attribute your good performance to, natural talent = 45, training and practice = 55% Film clips: ericsson would say 0% is due to natural talent, and 100% training, tiger woods, music prodigy, basketball practice:
