Alphonsus Chong's Personal Wiki

2018-03-14

“Adult human performance involves the utilization of existing hierarchies of habit”

1. Bryan and Harter 1889 – telegraphic skill
   1. Hierarchy of habits (y)
   2. plataus (x) - not shown by later research

1. e.g. Natural languages
2. e.g. golf, shot

1. Early cognitive - “necessary to attend to cues, events & responses that later go unnoticed”
   1. demo & instructions
2. Associative/ intermediate - “new patterns begin to emerge”
   1. Morse code and flying –> 10 hours - coincidence?
   2. scheduling practice: “frequent rest facilitates performance” ← motivation
   3. sequence of practice: when synchrony is important, practice whole task asap; can alternate practice
3. Final / autonomous phase
   1. pushing keys in response to lights

1. Exists but “people seldom work up to the theoretical limits which their capacities impose”
2. Snoddy 1926: mirror drawing
3. Crossman 1959: cigar making
4. Short time irregularities are common
5. motivation important for performance improvements

1. Learning: “transfer of prior habits to new situations”
2. negative vs positive transfer - e.g. driving side of the road
3. population stereotype/ associative norms (languages)
   1. concept of “compatibility” - {45 dg suture}

transcribed from written notes 2018-04-17 18:16:23