Class Quiz Questions Ch 1 Flashcards
When discussing performance efficiency, achieving the goal in the shortest or fastest time possible is called…
a. Minimum energy expenditure
b. Minimum movement time
c. Maximum certainty
d. All of the above
B. Minimum movement time.
_______ skills unfold without a recognizable beginning and end in an ongoing fashion and are often repetitive.
Continuous
Putting a wheelchair into a car is what kind of skill?
A serial skill
Stepping up a curb is what kind of skill?
Discrete skill
Climbing up a flight of stairs is what kind of skill?
Continuous skill
Marching on a gymnastics ball is what kind of skill?
Continuous skill
swimming, walking, marching, running. The same thing over and over again.
Wheelchair transfer to sofa is what kind of task?
Serial task
Writing an answer to an essay is more
a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between
B. Cognitive
Doing sit-ups is more
a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between
Motor
Performing a resisted leg exercise with a patient is more
a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between
In between
Doing hip exercises at home
a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment
Closed environment.
Playing W/C basketball
a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment
Open environment
Maneuvering a w/c in hospital corridor is:
a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment
In between (semi predictable) environment
Characteristics of an open-loop control system include all of the following except
a. specified instructions that specify the functions to be performed during movement
b. feedback to provide information from different sensory systems for adjusting the movement as it is carried out.
c. A system that carries out the instructions with little or no modifications.
d. is used to explain rapid and discrete movements.
C.
The two components of the open loop control system are
a. effector and feedback
b. feedback and comparator
c. comparator and executive
d. executive and effector
Executive and effector
All of the following movements are considered open loop control, Except
a. kicking a ball
b. throwing the ball
c. running a mile
d. hitting a golf ball
Running a mile
Which of the following are necessary for an open loop control program to run?
a. specific muscles producing the action
b. force of various muscle contraction
c. timing and sequence
d. duration of contractions
e. all of the above
All of the above
Components of a movement that do not change when the speed and size of the action changes are
a. Concrete learning
b. Parameter
c. Invariant features
d. Surface features
Invariant features
Movement time and movement amplitude are considered to be ___________ movement.
a. concrete learning
b. invariant features
c. surface features
Surface features
Relative timing is considered a(n) __________ of movement.
a. Concrete learning
b. Parameter
c. Invariant feature
d. Surface feature
Invariant feature
Parameter value allows a person to change features such as speed and amplitude to meet the environmental demands of the task
a. True
b. False
True
_________ is a centrally located mechanism that produces genetic, repetitive actions; it is similar to a motor program and triggered by some stimulus and seems to use patterns for activation.
a. Electromyography (EMG)
b. Central pattern generator
c. Reaction time (RT)
d. De-afferentation
Central pattern generator
The generalized motor program accounts for the novel problems and storage problems associated with motor programs.
a. True
b. False
True
The major difference between a motor program and the central pattern generator is that a motor program is genetically defined and a central pattern generator is learned.
a. True
b. False
False
Statement is backwards
Which theory is best?
a. Hierarchical?
b. Motor programming?
c. Systems?
d. Ecological?
e. Integration of current theories?
Integration of current theories
Different terminology makes integration difficult, but there are more commonalities than differences.
Most mvts are most likely a combination of a system perspective and motor program theory.
a. true
b. flase
true
Hierarchical programs have adapted systems perspective.
