Question 1

A limitation of research investigating massed vs. distributed practice is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Too many practice trials
B)   Inappropriate tasks to be learned
C)   Retention intervals that are not sufficiently long
D)   The lack of a retention or transfer test D

Question 2

Raoul practiced a skill for 30 seconds and then rested for 5-seconds between trials. Scarlett practiced the same skill for 30 seconds and rested for 40-seconds between trials. Which of the following best describes their practice situation:

Accepted Answer

A)   Raoul's practice is distributed; Scarlett's is massed
B)   Raoul's practice is massed; Scarlett's is distributed
C)   Both are in a massed practice condition
D)   Both are in a distributed practice condition B

Question 3

In the study by Schendel and Hagman (1982), the machine gun assembly-disassembly skill that was shown to benefit from overtraining is an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)   Procedural skill
B)   Continuous skill
C)   Dynamic skill
D)   Open skill A

Question 4

The classic study by Longman and Baddeley, which involved the training of postal workers to perform a keyboarding skill, demonstrated that distributed practice is better for learning than massed practice when it applies to the length and distribution of practice sessions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The experiment by Shea and Kohl found that for learning a task that required the participants to use a specified amount of _______, overlearning resulted in poorer learning than less practice.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The experiment by Shea and Kohl found...

Question 6

Although the experiment involving the training of U.S. Army soldiers to assemble and disassemble a machine gun found that both the immediate overtraining and the "refresher" overtraining yielded similar beneficial retention results, they recommended the use of the ________ overtraining procedure.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Although the experiment involving the training of...

Question 7

Although research evidence supports overlearning as an effective practice strategy for learning, it is important to remember that the amount of practice is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Next in importance to variability for influencing skill learning
B)   Not a critical variable influencing skill learning
C)   Not the most critical variable influencing skill learning
D)   The most critical variable influencing skill learning

Question 8

When massed practice hinders the learning of continuous skills, the most probable cause is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Boredom
B)   Anxiety
C)   Fatigue
D)   Confusion

Question 9

Baddely and Longman (1978) compared various massed and distributed training schedules for training postal workers and found the worst schedule for learning to be:

Accepted Answer

A)   2-hour sessions twice a day for 3 weeks
B)   2-hour sessions once a day for 6 weeks
C)   1-hour sessions twice a day for 6 weeks
D)   1-hour sessions once a day for 12 weeks

Question 10

Which of the following best describes a general rule about practice distribution schedules for the length and distribution of practice sessions?

Accepted Answer

A)   Distributed practice schedules are better
B)   Massed practice schedules are better
C)   Both schedules lead to the same amount of learning
D)   The rule would depend on the type of skill being learned

Question 11

When increasing the amount of practice beyond a certain point does not lead to results proportionally beneficial for learning, the practice has reached a point of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Diminishing returns
B)   Limited benefit
C)   Overpractice
D)   Saturation

Question 12

Which of the following statements are true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Continuous skills are learned better with massed schedules; discrete skills are learned better with distributed schedules
B)   Continuous skills are learned better with distributed schedules; discrete skills are learned better with massed schedules
C)   Both continuous and discrete skills are learned better with massed schedules
D)   Both continuous and discrete skills are learned better with distributed schedules

Question 13

Practice schedule A involves two 1-hour practice sessions on each of three days, while schedule B involves one 1-hour practice session on each of six days. In this scenario, schedule A would be referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Blocked practice
B)   Distributed practice
C)   Massed practice
D)   Random practice

Question 14

Research has shown that the overlearning strategy benefits the learning of all types of motor skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The term overlearning refers to engaging learners in additional practice after they have achieved a specified performance criterion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The results of the experiment by Dail and Christina in which novice golfers practiced putting, the massed practice group accurately predicted their retention test performance during the practice trials.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Massed intertrial interval schedules lead to better learning for continuous skills than distributed schedules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

If intertrial intervals are shorter than the length of a practice trial, then the practice schedule is considered to be a ________ schedule.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If intertrial intervals are shorter than the...

Question 19

When the study of practice distribution refers to the length of the intertrial interval during a practice session, there is general agreement about the definitions of the terms massed and distributed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the research study involving fifth-grade students who were learning a football skill, a comparison of teacher-designed and student-designed practice formats showed that the _______ format led to better learning of the skill.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the research study involving fifth-grade students...

Exam 17: The Amount and Distribution of Practice

A limitation of research investigating massed vs. distributed practice is:

Raoul practiced a skill for 30 seconds and then rested for 5-seconds between trials. Scarlett practiced the same skill for 30 seconds and rested for 40-seconds between trials. Which of the following best describes their practice situation:

In the study by Schendel and Hagman (1982) , the machine gun assembly-disassembly skill that was shown to benefit from overtraining is an example of a(n) :

The classic study by Longman and Baddeley, which involved the training of postal workers to perform a keyboarding skill, demonstrated that distributed practice is better for learning than massed practice when it applies to the length and distribution of practice sessions.

The experiment by Shea and Kohl found that for learning a task that required the participants to use a specified amount of _______, overlearning resulted in poorer learning than less practice.

Although the experiment involving the training of U.S. Army soldiers to assemble and disassemble a machine gun found that both the immediate overtraining and the "refresher" overtraining yielded similar beneficial retention results, they recommended the use of the ________ overtraining procedure.

Although research evidence supports overlearning as an effective practice strategy for learning, it is important to remember that the amount of practice is:

When massed practice hinders the learning of continuous skills, the most probable cause is:

Baddely and Longman (1978) compared various massed and distributed training schedules for training postal workers and found the worst schedule for learning to be:

Which of the following best describes a general rule about practice distribution schedules for the length and distribution of practice sessions?

When increasing the amount of practice beyond a certain point does not lead to results proportionally beneficial for learning, the practice has reached a point of:

Which of the following statements are true?

Practice schedule A involves two 1-hour practice sessions on each of three days, while schedule B involves one 1-hour practice session on each of six days. In this scenario, schedule A would be referred to as:

Research has shown that the overlearning strategy benefits the learning of all types of motor skills.

The term overlearning refers to engaging learners in additional practice after they have achieved a specified performance criterion.

The results of the experiment by Dail and Christina in which novice golfers practiced putting, the massed practice group accurately predicted their retention test performance during the practice trials.

Massed intertrial interval schedules lead to better learning for continuous skills than distributed schedules.

If intertrial intervals are shorter than the length of a practice trial, then the practice schedule is considered to be a ________ schedule.

When the study of practice distribution refers to the length of the intertrial interval during a practice session, there is general agreement about the definitions of the terms massed and distributed.

In the research study involving fifth-grade students who were learning a football skill, a comparison of teacher-designed and student-designed practice formats showed that the _______ format led to better learning of the skill.