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Football knowledge and the acquisition of new results
Author(s) -
Morris Peter E.,
Gruneberg Michael M.,
Sykes Robert N.,
Merrick Anna
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1981.tb01777.x
Subject(s) - football , psychology , recall , encoding (memory) , everyday life , cognitive psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , epistemology , history , archaeology , philosophy
Performance on a football knowledge questionnaire correlated very highly ( r = 0·81) with the number of football scores correctly recalled immediately following their broadcast. This better acquistion by football enthusiasts did not result from knowledgeable guessing, since correct prior predictions of the results did not correlate significantly with the questionnaire. Football enthusiasts showed especially good recall of the English First Division. It is suggested that their better performance results from the knowledge they possess being activated in drawing the implications of the result, which leads to a richer encoding. In everyday life, knowledge already possessed may be an important determinant of new learning.