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Error feedback and the acquisition of geographical representations
Author(s) -
GuzmánMuñoz Francisco J.,
Johnson Addie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.1410
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , cognition , cognitive map , cognitive psychology , differential (mechanical device) , feedback regulation , training (meteorology) , social psychology , mathematics education , physics , management , neuroscience , meteorology , engineering , economics , aerospace engineering
Three training conditions were compared in a task of learning locations of cities on a map: One in which participants could avoid errors by searching for the name of the correct city, and two others in which either immediate feedback after each response or delayed feedback after all responses had been made was given. Learners who received feedback only after placing all the cities on the map performed more poorly overall during training but outperformed the other two groups in both immediate and delayed tests. This advantage is interpreted as evidence of differential development of relational knowledge and application of cognitive effort across training conditions. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.