The psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky described the following situation: The instructors in a flight school adopted a policy of consistent positive reinforce- ment recommended by...

The psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky described the following
situation:

The instructors in a flight school adopted a policy of consistent positive reinforce-
ment recommended by psychologists. They verbally reinforced each successful exe-
cution of a flight maneuver. After some experience with this training approach, the
instructors claimed that contrary to psychological doctrine, high praise for good
execution of complex maneuvers typically results in a decrement of performance on
the next try.

Is there a simpler explanation for the decreased performance following praise? (Hint: This is
the regression chapter, so it probably has something to do with that.)