Which term describes knowledge of how to perform actions, such as riding a bicycle?

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Which term describes knowledge of how to perform actions, such as riding a bicycle?

Procedural knowledge is knowledge of how to perform actions—the know-how that lets you ride a bicycle. It includes the steps, timing, and motor patterns that become automatic with practice, so you can perform the skill even if you can’t easily verbalize every detail. This type of knowledge is shown through action and performance, not just recalling facts. Episodic knowledge is memory of specific events, not the skill itself; perceptual learning is about improving sensory discrimination with practice; and perceptual-motor coordination describes the real-time linking of perception and movement, rather than the stored know-how to perform the action. So the best fit for riding a bicycle is procedural knowledge.

Procedural knowledge is knowledge of how to perform actions—the know-how that lets you ride a bicycle. It includes the steps, timing, and motor patterns that become automatic with practice, so you can perform the skill even if you can’t easily verbalize every detail. This type of knowledge is shown through action and performance, not just recalling facts. Episodic knowledge is memory of specific events, not the skill itself; perceptual learning is about improving sensory discrimination with practice; and perceptual-motor coordination describes the real-time linking of perception and movement, rather than the stored know-how to perform the action. So the best fit for riding a bicycle is procedural knowledge.

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