PSYC 471 Chapter Notes -Child Prodigy, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Exceptional Memory
9 Dec 2011
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Research has shown that expert performance is predominantly mediated by acquired complex skills and physiological adaptations. For elite performers, supervised practice starts at very young ages and is maintained at high daily levels for more than a decade. Performers can acquire skills that circumvent basic limits on working memory capacity and sequential processing. Deliberate practice cal also lead to anatomical changes resulting from adaptations to intense physical activity. There are a few different approaches: the human information-processing approach, or the skills approach. This approach attempts to explain exceptional performance in terms of knowledge and skills acquired through experience. This approach was originally developed by newell and simon. The basic information-processing system with its elementary information processes and basic capacities remains intact during skill acquisition and outstanding performance results from incremental increases in knowledge and skill due to the extended effects of experience.
