| Distribution of Practice |
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| u | The
classic experiment: Dore and Hilgard |
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| (1937). |
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| l | Subjects'
task was pursuit rotor. |
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| l | initially
all groups were given 3 one minute trials |
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| with 1
minute rests for each block. |
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| l | after 3
blocks |
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| u | group 1:
11 minute rests |
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| u | group 2:
3 minute rests |
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| u | group 3:
only 1 minute rests. |
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| l | The
longer the rest the greater the performance. |
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| l | Suggests
that distributed (rested) practice is |
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| superior
to massed practice. |
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