PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tiger Woods, Spatial Memory, Wesley Chu

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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Start age (in the talent domain)= 8. Hrs per week (working in talent domain)= 8. To what extent do you attribute your good performance to . Ericcson states its 99% hardwork and dedication, and only in certain domains is it 1% natural talent. Expert performance= consistently superior performance on specific set of representative tasks for the domain that can be administered to any subject. You can carefully determine what the success rate was. Golf is an example of a sport that provides constant feedback about what you are doing. You can measure expertise through comparison of scores. Considered a golf prodigee; shows expertise as a young age. Role of talent and motivation in the acquisition of expert performance. The idea of a god given gift. Giftedness for a given activity is necessary to attain the highest level of performance in that activity .