Practice when learners were nervous or tired was worthless for strengthening associations and positively injurious, favoring wrong habits¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1908 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Practice under nervousness or fatigue not only failed to strengthen old associations but made conditions favorable for forming wrong habits of mind and hand. → Book 1908 q2 i? Best results require practice periods long enough to exercise the target habits with least interference, and intervals long enough for interfering tendencies to drop out without excessive fading of target associations. → Book 1908

Evidence¶

Book 1908¶

Book, William Frederick. (1908). The Role of the Teacher in the Most Expeditious and Economic Learning. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The+Role+of+the+Teacher+in+the+Most+Expeditious+and+Economic+Learning

q2 · i? · causal · r1

The typewriting learning study showed "practice when the learners were nervous or tired was not only worthless... but was positively injurious." The article states the optimal lengths of work and rest periods await further investigation in different fields of learning.

"Our study showed that practice when the learners were nervous or tired was not only worthless so far as strengthening old associations was concerned, but was positively injurious because it made conditions favorable for forming wrong habits of mind and hand."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• New adaptations in skill learning were made unintentionally and required intense, carefully applied effort under favorable conditions — related
• Lee argues the brain and spinal cord show a high degree of resistance to fatigue, with no indisputable evidence of genuine nervous-system fatigue — reports the opposite
• Habits tend to override intentions primarily under unfavorable conditions such as stress, time pressure, or low self-control — related