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Many questions remain unanswered concerning how individuals obtain and acquire expertise in dynamic task domains. This study investigates how the type of goals used in driving situations affect driving experience and expertise. Past research suggests that the quantity of experience alone is not sufficient to accurately predict driving expertise. It is hypothesized that the type of goals utilized during this experience influences driving expertise. The measures used to assess driving expertise uncovered four distinct facets of expertise, self-reported vehicle control and visual scan patterns, driving knowledge, and decision-making. Each of the driving expertise facets was found to possess a different relationship with experience and goal type. Most notable was the relationship of experience with driving knowledge, moderated by learning goal orientation. Further research could have implications for training in the driving domain as well as other dynamic task domains.

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