PSY/CS330 Human Factors
01/11/2001
Day 1-36
Distribution of Practice
uThe classic experiment: Dore and
Hilgard (1937).
lSubjects'
task was pursuit rotor.
linitially all groups were given 3 one minute trials with 1 minute
rests for each block.
lafter
3 blocks
ugroup
1: 11 minute rests
ugroup
2: 3 minute rests
ugroup
3: only 1 minute rests.
lThe
longer the rest the greater the performance.
lSuggests that distributed (rested) practice is superior to
massed practice.