Ch. 3

Question 1

Ability

Answer 1

A general trait or capacity of an individual that is a determinant of a person’s achievement potential for the performance of specific skills.

Question 2

Motor ability

Answer 2

An ability that is specifically related to the performance of a motor skill.

Question 3

General motor ability hypothesis

Answer 3

A hypothesis that maintains that the many different motor abilities that exist in an individual are highly related and can be characterized in terms of a singular, global motor ability.

Question 4

Specificity of motor abilities hypothesis

Answer 4

A hypothesis that maintains that the many motor abilities in an individual are relatively independent.

Question 5

Multi-limb coordination

Answer 5

Ability to coordinate movements of a number of limbs simultaneously.

Question 6

Control precision

Answer 6

Ability to make rapid and precise movement adjustments of control devices involving single arm-hand or leg movements; adjustments are made to visual stimuli.

Question 7

Response orientation

Answer 7

Ability to make a rapid selection of controls to be moved or the direction to move them in.

Question 8

Reaction time

Answer 8

Ability to respond rapidly to a signal when it appears.

Question 9

Speed of arm movement

Answer 9

Ability to rapidly make a gross, discrete arm movement where accuracy is minimized.

Question 10

Rate control

Answer 10

Ability to time continuous anticipatory movement adjustments in response to and /or direction change of a continuously moving target or object.

Question 11

Manual dexterity

Answer 11

Ability to make skillful arm-hand movements to manipulate fairly large objects under speeded conditions.

Question 12

Finger dexterity

Answer 12

Ability to make skillful, controlled manipulations of tiny objects involving primarily the fingers.

Question 13

Arm-hand steadiness

Answer 13

Ability to make precise arm-hand positioning movements where strength and speed are minimized; includes maintaining arm-hand steadiness during arm movement or in a static arm position.

Question 14

Wrist, finger speed

Answer 14

Ability to make rapid and repetitive movements with the hand and fingers, and/or rotary wrist movements when accuracy is not critical.

Question 15

Static balance

Answer 15

The ability to maintain postural stability on a stable surface or when not engaging in loco motor activities (e.g., standing on the floor while reading a book)

Question 16

Dynamic balance

Answer 16

The ability to maintain postural stability on a moving surface or when engaging in locomotor activities (e.g., walking on a sidewalk)

Question 17

Visual acuity

Answer 17

The ability to see clearly and precisely (e.g., reading a street sign)

Question 18

Visual tracking

Answer 18

The ability to visually follow a moving object (e.g., watching the flight of a ball that is thrown to you to catch)

Question 19

Eye-hand or Eye-foot coordination

Answer 19

The ability to perform skills requiring vision and the precise use of the hands (e.g., correctly typing a sentence on a keyboard) or feet (e.g., kicking a penalty kick in soccer)