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PSY10004: Psychology Lab Report

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Swinburne University of Technology

   

Psychology (PSY 10004)

   

Added on  2020-02-24

PSY10004: Psychology Lab Report

   

Swinburne University of Technology

   

Psychology (PSY 10004)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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IntroductionAbility to learn is one of the strongest traits that define human beings. Trying tocomprehend how the mind works and learns different things has been a topic of research formany years. A separate interdisciplinary branch of science called Cognitive Science dealswith how we learn things and the how better to retain the learned information. It draws inputsfrom several fields such as psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science etc. andprimarily aims to understand the mind and implement strategies in practical scenarios. In thiscontext two prominent methods of study have been widely used namely Massed andDistributed Practice. Studies have been conducted to evaluate the benefits and disadvantagesof the two methods to improve the process of learning and memory retention in a moreefficient manner. Such researches provide appropriate information to physical educators andinstructors who can then adopt and implement the right method for successful results. Massed practice has been defined as the practice that occurs without any restsbetween trials or more loosely a practice in which the resting periods between trials is muchless compared to the actual trial lengths. Further, scientists emphasize that even thoughmassed practice can have resting periods such resting periods provide relatively little restbetween the trials. On the contrary distributed practice is characterised by long restingperiods relative to the trial lengths. The resting period between trials is equal or generallyexceeds the trial length itself. The advantages and limitations of the practice types depend ontime constraints, level of fatigue, type of information learned and number of participants(Kwon, Kwon & Lee, 2015). When numerous practice tasks are to be performed and there islimited resources massed practice is not favourable. Further, type of motor skills involved inthe learning process also plays a determining role in the onset of fatigues and can be avoidedby taking up the appropriate learning method. Benefits of distributed practice have been
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