Continued from two previous posts:  

Examples of learning specificity and practice specificity are limitless:  the exclusively bottle-fed newborn often “does better” with one style of artificial nipple over another (differing in shape and length), as many parents and hospital nursery nurses attest.  There is great difficulty displayed by the older infant in learning how to drink from a sippee-cup, even though the infant long ago mastered breastfeeding or bottle-feeding.  As basic mastery is achieved, the infant often displays a preference for a particular style of sippee-cup by pushing or tossing aside a different cup that is offered to him/her.  The professional musician would NEVER rehearse for an audition by practicing with an oboe when his/her instrument is a clarinet.  The elite athlete would NEVER rehearse for the World Series using a softball instead of a baseball, because the adaptation is considered too costly for correct and competitive performance in baseball.  It’s only human to display our need for learning that is specific to the task (learning specificity), where perfect practice makes perfect.  Practice must be specific to the task for optimal performance of the task, and we see this from the moment of birth in regard to the acquisition of infant milk-feeding skills.  
	

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