Relative task difficulty and transfer of training in skilled performance.
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Bulletin
- Vol. 53 (2) , 160-168
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043305
Abstract
Summarized and analyzed critically are recent studies dealing directly or indirectly with the influence of the relative difficulty of initial and final tasks on transfer of training in skilled performance. Methods used to vary task difficulty are discussed under stimulus variations, response variations, and variations in control-display linkage. Task difficulty is examined in terms of the isolation and control of task variables, of task difficulty and performance standards, and of the U (shaped curve) hypothesis. 23 references.Keywords
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