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Zusatztext A book on skill acquisition and training should be written with great skill. This one is. It is a comprehensive! up-to-date rewrite of an earlier classic by the same authors. I recommend it highly.-David A. Rosenbaum! Distinguished Professor of Psychology! University of California!?Riverside! USAThis book by leading experts provides a superlative! up-to-date! and lucid summary of research on skill acquisition and training. Along with insightful consideration of general theories and empirical findings! the book offers astute advice concerning training in the real world.-Alice F. Healy! College Professor of Distinction! University of Colorado! Boulder! USAThis is the most complete and thorough book I've read on skill acquisition and training. It successfully links basic processes such as perception! attention! and action to the acquisition of specialized skills and the development of training systems.-Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer! Professor of Learning and Instruction! Maastricht University! the Netherlands Informationen zum Autor Addie Johnson is Professor of Human Performance and Ergonomics at the University of Groningen. She is co-author, with Robert Proctor, of Attention: Theory and Practice , and Neuroergonomics: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Human Factors and Ergonomics . Her research focuses on the intersection of memory and attention. Robert W. Proctor is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. In addition to the books with Addie Johnson, he is co-author, with Trisha Van Zandt, of Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems (2nd ed.) and, with Kim-Phuong L. Vu, of Stimulus-Response Compatibility Principles: Data, Theory, and Application . His research focuses on basic and applied aspects of human performance. Klappentext Skill Acquisition and Training describes the building blocks of cognitive, motor, and teamwork skills, and the factors to take into account in training them. Zusammenfassung Skill Acquisition and Training describes the building blocks of cognitive, motor, and teamwork skills, and the factors to take into account in training them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Skill Acquisition and Training PREFACE Chapter 1: Skill Acquisition and Training in Context Historical Overview of Skills Research Early Studies of Skill Acquisition Transfer of Learning Skilled Action Information-Processing Approach to Skill Acquisition Phases of Skill Acquisition Quantifying Performance Changes Performance Measures Verbal Protocol Analysis Psychophysiological and Neuropsychological Measures Modeling Skill Applications of Skills Research Summary Chapter 2: Perceptual Learning Mechanisms of Perceptual Learning Attention Weighting Stimulus Imprinting Differentiation Perceptual Unitization Facilitating the Development of Perceptual Skill Visual Search Procedural Learning Adaptive Perception Summary Chapter 3: Response Selection and Motor Skill Response-Selection Skill Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Set-Size Effects and Uncertainty Stimulus-Response Compatibility Effects Sequential Effects Motor Learning Motor Programming Perspective Dynamic Systems Approach Problems of Movement Control Factors Influencing Motor Skill Acquisition Feedback Schedules of Practice Summary Chapter 4: Attention and Skill Conceptualizing Attention Attentional Bottlenecks Attentional Resources The Psychological Refractory Period Effect Specificity of Training and Multiple Resources Attention and Automaticity Attentional Skill Timesharing ...
