HRM 3410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Manual Transmission, Descriptive Knowledge, Procedural Knowledge

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3410
• Professor: Dennis Hodgkinson

Document Summary

Briefly describe anderson"s adaptive character of thought (act) theory. Three stages of learning and its implications for training and development. Anderson"s adaptive character of thought (act) theory (compared to learning stick- shift) Stage 1: declarative knowledge: learning: knowledge, facts, and information, performance: resource-dependent, e. g. requires a great deal of thought - cognitive ability. Stage 2: knowledge compilation: learning: integrating tasks in sequence to simplify and streamline the task to be performed, performance: fragmented and piecemeal (car might stall) Stage 3: procedural knowledge: learning: knowledge and behaviour results in task mastery - driving the car without stalling, performance: automatic & habitual, resource independent requires less conscious thought. Implications for training and development: recognizes that learning takes place in stages. Indicates that different types of learning take place at different stages: the effects of cognitive (mental) ability and motivational interventions on learning and performance depend on the stage of learning.