Exam 16: Practice Variability and Specificity

Simon and Bjork (2001)found that when participants were asked to judge their performances on a retention test,participants who experienced a blocked schedule typically:

An example of a type of practice that fits well with the view that errors can benefit learning is commonly referred to as ________.

A limitation of the contextual interference effect is that it has been demonstrated in laboratory conditions but not in conditions outside the laboratory.

For open skills,regulatory conditions:

The amount of contextual interference in a practice situation can be considered as a continuum ranging from low to high created by the practice schedule.Which of the following practice schedules describes a low-to-high continuum of practice schedules?

Goode and Magill (1986)found that a ______________ practice schedule facilitated the retention and transfer of badminton service skills.

Research has shown that people who practice in a blocked practice schedule tend to overestimate how much they are learning during practice.

When a person experiences a practice condition where the likelihood of making errors early in practice is high,transfer performance is generally:

The hypothesis that explains the contextual interference effect based on the argument that between-trial interference causes individuals to forget critical information encoded on the previous trial is the:

A schedule that organizes the practice of several skill variations in a serial order is an example of a practice schedule that involves a low amount of contextual interference.

Which of the following situations does not support the specificity of practice hypothesis?

Research has shown that beginning badminton players learned the long,short,and drive serves best when they followed a ________ schedule to practice the serves.

When different levels of contextual interference during motor skill practice are compared,results typically show that:

According to Gentile's learning model,to practice an open skill it is essential to vary the ________ conditions related to the skill.

A limitation of the contextual interference effect is that it applies only to beginners and not to skilled performers of motor skills.

The explanation of the contextual interference effect that proposes that the benefit of a random practice schedule is that variations of the skill can be simultaneously compared and contrasted in working memory is known as the ________ hypothesis.

Examination of brain activity associated with blocked and random practice provides support for:

Experiments designed to demonstrate the benefit of practice variability typically compare the retention test performance of a constant practice condition and a variable practice condition.

The practice schedule that involves the highest amount of contextual interference is the ________ practice schedule.

Hall and colleagues (1994)demonstrated that the contextual interference effect is: