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Questions
1. Which of the following would lead to motor learning and not just motor performance?
a. performance enhancing drugs
b. improved cardiovascular endurance
c. growth or maturation
d. motivation
e. none
2. Label this statement with the correct box from Gentile's Taxonomy. Running a slant pattern as a wide receiver in football and catching the ball (all contain object manipulation).
a. 3B: Body stability, in-motion regulatory conditions, no variability
b. 3D: Body transport, in-motion regulatory conditions, no variability
c. 4B: Body stability, in-motion regulatory conditions, variability
d. 4D: Body transport, in-motion regulatory conditions, variability
e. 2D: Body transport, stationary regulatory conditions, variability
3. Putting from different locations on the exact same green is an example of _____ and _____ transfer?
a. near; specific
b. near; generalized
c. far; specific
d. far generalized
4. Label this statement with the correct box from Gentile's Taxonomy. Hitting a golf ball from the sand and making it in the hole.
a. 1B: Body stability, object manipulation, stationary regulatory conditions, no variability
b. 2B: Body stability, object manipulation, stationary regulatory conditions, variability
c. 2D: Body transport, object manipulation, stationary regulatory conditions, variability
d. 3B: Body stability, object manipulation, in-motion regulatory conditions, no variability
5. Transfer is most likely to occur when switching from catching a fly ball in baseball to catching a pass in football due to what?
a. Common movement patterns
b. Common perceptual elements
c. Common strategic elements
d. Transfer will not occur
6. Developing a single motor program to control a two limb action is most beneficial due to _____________.
a. Reduced capacity demands
b. Reduced effector competition
c. Improved movement efficiency
d. The Gearshift Analogy
7. Which of the following components of the conceptual model are least likely to improve with practice?
a. Stimulus identification
b. Movement programing
c. spinal cord
d. comparator
8. Forgetting occurs more quickly for ________ tasks and retention is _____ with longer retention intervals.
a. continuous; better
b. continuous; worse
c. discrete; better
d. discrete; worse
9. Simulators are used to mimic features of a real-world task. Simulators typically have higher _________ fidelity and are useful for _______ tasks.
a. physical; expensive
b. physical; complex
c. psychological; complex
d. psychological; expensive
10. Label this statement with the correct box from Gentile's Taxonomy. Playing freeze tag on a playground with 10 other students and two students are taggers.
a. 3A: Body stability, no object manipulation, in-motion regulatory conditions, no variability
b. 3C: Body transport, no object manipulation, in-motion regulatory conditions, no variability
c. 4C: Body transport, no object manipulation, in-motion regulatory conditions, variability
d. 4D: Body transport, object manipulation, in-motion regulatory conditions, variability
11. Individuals spend more time in the cognitive stage of learning relative to the fixation stage.
true
false
12. There are three major limitations of performance curves. Which of the following limitations highlights the notion that individuals progress smoothly and gradually?
a. Within-subject variability
b. Between-subject variability
c. Performance curves are not learning curves
d. none
13. All are components of Fitts's Cognitive stage except?
a. Large focus on verbal processes
b. Gains in proficiency are moderate
c. Errors are numerou
d. Performance is of little concern
14. sessions focus on discovering movement patterns that will be more effective
a. practice
b. test
c. skill
d. ability
15. A competitive dart player will benefit from variable practice relative to constant practice.
true or false
16. You want to test the effectiveness of a new baseball hitting device. You have half your team practice with this device and half practice without this device. In order to determine the effectiveness of the device, you must have the group who practiced with the device perform a _______ test and the group who practiced without the device perform a ______ test.
a. transfer; retention
b. transfer; transfer
c. retention transfer
retention; retention