| 释义 |
overˈlearn, v.
[over- 27 a.]
trans. To learn excessively; spec. in Psychol., to learn (something) beyond the stage of initially successful performance. Hence overˈlearned ppl. a.; overˈlearning vbl. n.
1874L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 238 A lesson which..most Englishmen have already overlearnt. 1918E. C. Tolman in Psychol. Monogr. XXV. i. 48 The first hypothesis would assume that this longer time corresponded to relatively more just supraliminal and relatively fewer ‘over-learned’ associations. 1929R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (1930) iii. 94 Material that has been ‘over-learned’, i.e., studied beyond the point where it can barely be recited without error, is forgotten more slowly. 1939― Experimental Psychol. ii. 30 Nagel went further; he pushed the original learning to the point of great overlearning. 1948E. R. Hilgard Theories of Learning xii. 339 The most evident effect of overlearning is this one upon recall. It provides the explanation for the long retention of overlearned skills like swimming or bicycle riding. 1953H. Schuell Aphasia Theory (1974) x. 203 Using some of the highly over-learned automaticisms of speech often produces this result quickly. 1963W. B. Kolesnik Educ. Psychol. x. 248 She wants him to overlearn the material. 1972J. L. Dillard Black English vii. 269 The technique consists of intensive practice to the point of overlearning. |