Components of expertise: Looking for SEEK in sorting

Abstract

Language: English
Tested three components of Holding's (1985) SEEK model of expertise. A total of 53 subjects with different levels of chess expertise (ranging from novice players to international grand masters) were required to sort60 chess problems according to their own criteria. An analysis of the search, evaluation, and knowledge components used in the sorting task showed that with increasing expertise, chess players rely less on the external and more on the dynamic features of chess problems. Chess masters categorize problems much more strongly in terms of the evaluation component of the SEEK model than novice and club players. The findings support the SEEK model of expertise. (D.M. - ZPID)