Chapter 5 Flashcards
Indicators of Motor Learning
- Performance improvement
- Consistency
- Persistence
- Effort
- Attention
- Adaptability
Relative retention - difference score
Original learning score - absolute retention score
Percentage score
Difference score / change in original learning score
Retention savings score
Original time to peak - retention time to peak
Interpretation - Absolute retention
After (time), the patient was able to perform (value)
Interpretation - difference score
After (time), (value) was lost following the retention interval
Interpretation - percent score
(Percent) of original improvement was lost after (time)
Interpretation - saving score
(Sessions) were saved in reaching the same level of performance during the retention test period
Positive transfer
Pervious motor skill enhances another
Ex: snowboarding, wakeboarding
Negative transfer
Previous motor skill hinders performance on new motor skill
Ex: baseball to softball
Zero transfer
Two motor skills are completely unrelated
Ex: hurdling to fencing
Identical elements theory (thorndike’s theory)
The more similar movement characteristics shared by 2 skills, the greater the positive transfer
Transfer-appropriate processing theory
Positive transfer would be expected when practice conditions require learners to engage in similar problem-solving processes
Bilateral transfer
Learning a skill on one side means less cognitive demand to learn it on the other side
Cost-benefit trade off
If practice required for transfer task is more than primary task, cost outweighs benefits
