Psychology 3130A/B Chapter 11: Expertise
21 Sep 2016
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Who is an expert on experts? (cid:0) How to distinguish expert from competent performance: real expertise must pass three tests. First: must lead to performance that is consistently superior to that of expert"s peers. Finally: can be replicated and measured in lab. Replicable performance: all experts are high performers but not all high performers can be considered experts in their fields. Definition of expert: someone who is able to produce superior performance, achieve concrete results, able to replicate that performance in a variety of circumstances: experts are highly trained. Expert: someone who studied, practiced in specific domain and received recognizable status: experts think like experts. Expert"s cognition and performance differs from that of novices. Need less info to make decision (can fill in perceptual gabs w/ extensive knowledge) Better able to perceive deep structure of problem, ignore irrelevant surface detail. Memory facilitates choosing correct problem representation (reference to chapter 10) So experts can be defined in 3 ways:
