Why Is It Important to Stress the Power of Effort

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to stress the power of effort?

• A) This allows athletes to feel that they can influence their performance in a positive way
• B) This allows athletes to rely on their natural ability
• C) This rules out any possibility that luck can determine the outcome of a performance
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon that occurs when newly learned information interferes with the recall of information learned previously.

Context Reinstatement

A cognitive process that involves reconstructing the circumstances or environment present during learning or an event to aid memory recall.

Transfer-appropriate Processing

A principle suggesting that memory retrieval is more effective when the cognitive processes at retrieval match those at encoding.

Conceptual Hierarchies

Conceptual hierarchies are organizational systems that arrange concepts, ideas, or items from the most general level to the most specific.