Expert performers counteract automaticity by building increasingly complex mental representations, unlike everyday skill learning¶
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q2 i? Everyday activities plateau at an automated, acceptable level, whereas expert performance keeps improving because performers develop complex mental representations for greater control. → Ericsson 2005
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Ericsson 2005¶
Ericsson, K. A., Nandagopal, K., & Roring, R. W. (2005). Giftedness viewed from the expert-performance perspective. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 28(3/4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ746057
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Illustrated in Figure 2, contrasting the course of improvement of expert performance versus everyday activities based on the traditional skill-acquisition theory of Fitts and Posner. Everyday performers reach a stable "autonomous" plateau; experts avoid "premature automation of their performance."
"expert performers counteract automaticity by developing increasingly complex mental representations to attain higher levels of control of their perfor- mance and will, therefore, remain within the “cognitive” and “associative” phases."
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Expert performers counteract automaticity by building increasingly complex mental representations, unlike everyday skill learning |
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