AP21104

Science Summary

We've all heard the saying "practice makes perfect", however does practice really make perfect? It has been shown in a study that practicing does not actually make perfect, it will make you better at what you are practicing (Rice, Princeton,& Michigan State University). "Why do so few people who are involved in sports such as golf, musical instruments such as the violin or careers such as law or medicine ever reach an expert level of performance?", (Fred Oswald). In a deliberate practice, an engagement in structured activities created specifically to improve performance in a specific field, it showed 26 percent of the variance in performance for games, 21 percent for music, 18 percent for sports, 4 percent for education and less than 1 percent for professions (Researchers of the Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education and Professions: A Meta-Analysis study). The result shows that people who practice more are more advanced in the skill they have practiced, compared to people who have not practiced much. These results can however be curved due to the other factors that affect skill perfection such as a person's basic abilities. Overall, practice will not always promise perfection, although it does for most people. I believe that this is very valid since after someone continuously practices, they begin to get the hang of the task therefore it becomes natural.

References:

Rice University

Fred Oswald, professor and chair of psychology at Rice and one of the study's co-authors

Rice University. "Does practice really make perfect?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 July 2014. .

B. N. Macnamara, D. Z. Hambrick, F. L. Oswald. **Deliberate Practice and Performance in Music, Games, Sports, Education, and Professions: A Meta-Analysis **. //Psychological Science //, 2014

Only graders edit below this line!

Grader #1: 1406148943 Grader #21406153337 Grader #3:1406248274 Grader #4: 1406315180] Grader #5: 1406426303] =Grading Form= media type="custom" key="25032734"