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EXAM 1 Quiz questions:


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Motor skills that require the performer to initiate a specific action on an object according to
the object's motion are best categorized as: Open motor skills 


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Whether or not an object must be manipulated is a skill characteristic in Gentile's taxonomy
of motor skills that is included in the "environmental context" dimension of the
taxonomy
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Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills includes which of the following factors as part of the
"environmental context" dimension? Intertrial variability 

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Skilled individuals are much less efficient than less skilled individuals
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An effective instructor would acknowledge that the best way to accomplish a task may vary
from one individual to another
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Returning a serve in tennis is an example of which of the following types of motor
skills?  Open motor skill 

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 Motor Learning 

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Constant error (CE) refers to a person's performance bias during a series of trials
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Radial error (RE) would be the appropriate general accuracy measure to assess the
accuracy of a golf putt
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This brain activity measurement technique realigns hydrogen atoms in the body and may
provide clear 2D and 3D images of the brain
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The measure of muscle activity that detects the lateral displacement of a muscle's belly
following maximal percutaneous neuromuscular stimulation is referred to as: Whole muscle
mechanomyography (wMMG) 

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false

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Which of the following would be considered a performance outcome measure? The
distance a ball was kicked 

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AE

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The patient drops
the fork five out of the ten trials
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Consistency problem 

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The assessment of changes in coordination dynamics is one of several ways to assess
motor skill learning
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Practice performance provides a reliable means of determining how well a person will
perform in a transfer test situation
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If fatigue depresses practice performance, but not retention test performance, then fatigue
would be classified as a:   Performance variable 

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true

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A key term in the definition of learning refers to the potential for a person to perform a skill
at a higher level than performed before beginning to practice the skill is Capability

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 Negatively accelerating 

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TRUE

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The number of degrees of freedom and the complexity of the underlying control mechanism
can either increase or decrease during learning
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An experimental participant is attempting to learn a certain pattern with a computer cursor
that requires a movement contrary to the participant's preferred movement
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Patterns of coordination can be organized to exploit passive forces and minimize energy
costs
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The Fitts and Posner stages of learning model proposes that learners engage in the highest
amount of cognitive activity during the associative stage
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According to Bernstein, during the last phase of skill acquisition, learners: Exploit passive
forces to minimize energy costs 

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nonregulatory 

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These are the cognitive, the associative, and the: Autonomous

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According to Gentile's stages of learning model, the learner's goals for the later stages
depend on whether the skill is an open or closed skill
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As a person practices a skill, an important change that occurs is the capability to:  Detect
and correct errors 




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