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The Method of Adaptively Controlled Psychological Learning Experiments

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In this paper we discuss the learning process that takes place when a man acquires a “Structured Skill” in adaptively controlled conditions. The phrase “Structured Skill” refers to a skill that satisfies some rather involved axioms 1,2,3,4,5, but for the present purpose we shall interpret a Structured Skill as a skill that is sufficiently well defined to act as the framework for a control procedure and that can be reduced to homogeneous components or subskills. The argument is illustrated by laboratory experiments involving a rather limited class of structured skills but other work indicates that our conclusions are generally applicable.

The research reported in this paper has been supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract AF 61(052)640 through the European Office of Aerospace Research U.S.A.F.

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    Gordon Pask & G. L. Mallen

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Pask, G., Mallen, G.L. (1966). The Method of Adaptively Controlled Psychological Learning Experiments. In: Hammond, P.H. (eds) Theory of Self-Adaptive Control Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6289-8_9

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