PSYCH 2MP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sight-Reading, Meta-Analysis
8 Mar 2020
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Lecture 16: idea that it takes 1- years to become an expert, studies found that in various fields, (poetry, math, etc. ), those who are experts" seem to have devoted many years (avg 10) and many hours to become talented at what they do (avg 10000 hours) Meta analysis: wanted to look at relationship between practice and expertise (platz et al 2014 p. Looked at predictors compared with performance measure. What they found: the diverse ways in which people are using predictors to predict very different types of outcomes. Thus for nature vs. nurture, it is very difficult to pin down exactly how much each influences one"s expertise. They found a strong correlation between the predictor and outcome across the various studies they did (about . 6) Shows that some aspect of practice does play a role in the aspect of musical expertise. Brought people in lab, had them learn segments of a piano piece practice approaches:
