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The skill is worked out to automatism.
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Skill is an action worked out to automaticity. Skill is a link from the chain «interest — faith — knowledge — ability — skill — habit — need». See ZUN
An action that a person performs without thinking, without mind control is a skill. Now I’m typing with a «blind method» and I don’t think about how and where to put my fingers: my fingers just run over the keys. This is the habit. Another criterion — if a person was given a blow on the head, he does not understand anything, but does something confidently enough — this is a skill. For example, a drunk person opens a door with a key. It’s a skill.
A skill is an action that a person can perform easily, automatically, without thinking, focusing on something other than the action itself.
“Richard Pascale, author of Management at the Edge, gave a simple example of the difference between knowledge and skill during one of our joint seminars in London. Richard asked the participants if they could write their name. It is a pity that you were not there, and you did not see the expression on the faces of those present. If we could read minds, we would hear a distinct murmur: “And we paid money for this?” However, everyone said that they were perfectly able to write their own name. Then Richard suggested, «Okay, now write your name, only with your left hand or right hand if you’re left-handed…» The group giggled again, but everyone painstakingly wrote their name on the sheet with their unused hand. Richard said, “See, just because you have knowledge about something doesn’t mean you have skill in the same area. You all have the knowledge necessary to write your own name. But you don’t have the skill to write it with the other hand…” It is clear that a good knowledge, understanding or professional attitude to the subject does not guarantee that the player will be able to cope with the task with brilliance. Even the fact that a player is sure that certain results are achievable does not guarantee that he has enough motivation for this! (Well, did you manage to experience another Insight?) «Jermain Porsche, Jed Niederer, Becoming a coach for everyone and everything: how to help people succeed in business and in life, Rostov-on-Don,» Phoenix «, 2005, p. . 91-92.
In everyday life, when they talk about skills, they mean behavioral skills, motor skills, among which we can talk about household, working, musical or sports skills. However, for specialists, the world of skills is much richer: in addition to motor skills, it is easy to notice speech and mental (intellectual) skills. Practical psychologists often deal with internal skills — personal and mental. The fact is that in fact, our internal actions that have reached the level of automatism are also skills. And this is not only the skills of addition and subtraction, the ability to analyze what is happening and make decisions, it is also the ability to object or be offended, the ability to suddenly get tired or procrastinate: stubbornly doing nonsense instead of getting down to business.
Skills are simple and complex.
Simple — consisting of elementary actions. Picking up a spoon, bringing it to your mouth, opening your mouth, and so on are examples of simple skills. Complex skills are made up of many simpler skills, this is a football trick, a team game, the ability to not give up when tired … In addition, it is important to distinguish between specific skills and universal action skills. Specific skills only work within one specific situation. for example, skills of effective telephone conversations… In contrast, skills of universal action operate in a very wide range of situations. These are, in particular, the skills of a universal negotiator: the ability to listen, a total YES, an attitude of cooperation …
Skill Mastery
Usually a skill is developed through repeated repetition. Mastering a skill is a type of sequential learning, (learning stage), when not a sequence of words is memorized, but a sequence of movements, actions, tactics or strategies.
Important: do not quit halfway. Most skills are developed in about 14 days (with daily repetition without gaps). See →
Skill training
Skill is formed either through training or through training. In the case of training, learning a skill almost always involves three stages:
- explanation, sometimes instruction, the purpose of which is to determine the task facing the performer and give recommendations on how to complete it;
- training, in which the required actions are performed under the control of consciousness, at first slowly and with errors, then faster and more correctly;
- Bringing to automatism, when behavioral acts proceed smoothly and require less and less conscious control (tying shoelaces, shifting gears in a car, dribbling a ball by an experienced basketball player are examples of automatism).