Exam 8: Skill Memory: Learning by Doing

A person riding as a passenger in a car sometimes has the experience of automatically stepping on an imaginary brake as the driver brings the car to a fast stop. The passenger's behavior is:

Which activity is an example of the cognitive stage of skill acquisition?

If one measures the neural activity in a rat's basal ganglia as the rat learns to turn the correct way in a T-shaped maze, one finds that during the early stages of learning, most neurons fire _____, whereas after practicing, most neurons fire _____.

During the _____ stage of skill acquisition, learners begin using stereotyped actions when performing the skill and rely less on actively recalled memories of rules.

Research on twins' performance on the rotary pursuit task has shown that as training progressed:

Which statement is TRUE regarding skill decay?

An expert is someone who:

What is the difference between having talent and being an expert?

Which activity is an example of a cognitive skill?

Provide an example of a motor program.

Research on using massed and spaced practice to train postal workers to use a letter-sorting machine showed that:

Which statement demonstrates that nonhumans can learn cognitive skills?

Which stage of Fitts's three-stage model would act in setting up a tent without instructions?

Implicit learning:

Research on talent and expertise suggests that:

The second stage in the Fitts's model of skill learning is:

Which statement is TRUE?

The cerebellum is:

Electronic technologies such as _____ are enabling people who are limited in the ability to see or hear to partially regain function in these sensory modalities.

Which knowledge is the BEST example of a skill memory?