The Transfer Effects of Practice in Cancellation Tests (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Melvin Albert Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0656789638 ISBN 13: 9780656789634

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how practice shapes cognitive tasks and what transfers to new tests.

This concise, data‑driven overview examines how prolonged cancelling practice affects speed and accuracy, and how results shift across varied test situations.

The book presents a series of controlled tests that compare practice effects in different cancellation tasks. It highlights when training improves performance, when it interferes with accuracy, and how the way a test is designed changes the observed transfer effects. The discussion stays focused on measurable outcomes and scoring decisions, offering a clear look at the relationship between practice, speed, and accuracy.

• Understand how practice changes overall speed (ground covered) and the speed of cancellation itself.
• See how accuracy interacts with speed across several test formats, including content‑matched and content‑reverse tasks.
• Learn how different test designs can either amplify or mask transfer effects from practice.
• Get practical insight into evaluating cognitive training results with attention to scoring methods.

Ideal for readers interested in early cognitive psychology research, experimental methods, and the analysis of learning transfer across tasks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0656789638
• ISBN 13: 9780656789634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 83