Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychological Knowledge of Results

A principle that learning is facilitated when the learner receives immediate evaluation of learning performance. The concept also hypothesizes that learning is facilitated when the learner is promptly informed whether a response is correct, and, if incorrect, of the direction of error.

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A principle that learning is facilitated when the learner receives immediate evaluation of learning performance. The concept also hypothesizes that learning is facilitated when the learner is promptly informed whether a response is correct, and, if incorrect, of the direction of error.

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4 entry terms
  • Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
  • Knowledge of Results, Psychological
  • Knowledge of Results, Psychology
  • Results Knowledge (Psychology)

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History Note

2020 (1965); was KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY) 1979-2019; was KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS 1965-1978

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychological Knowledge of Results. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007721. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007721
  2. Psychological Knowledge of Results. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_of_results
  3. Psychological Knowledge of Results. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22906177