Exam 1 Flashcards
An intentional movement involving a motor or muscular component that must be learned and voluntarily produced to perform a goal-oriented task is
a motor skill
What types of skills are related to the nature of the environment in which the skill is to be performed?
Open and closed skills
An example of a discrete skill is an entire gymnastics floor routine.
TF
False
An example of a continuous skill, one that has no particular beginning or end, is knitting a scarf.
TF
True
A group of discrete skills strung together to make up a new, more complicated skilled action is termed __________________.
Serial Skill
During the stages of information processing, it is possible to execute the response selection stage or movement programming stage regardless if the stimulus identification stage has been initiated.
TF
False
The four areas of the brain along with their role in stimulus identification are listed below. Choose TRUE if each matches correctly. Choose FALSE if they do not.
Parietal Lobe - proprioception, sensory input integration
Temporal Lobe - processes sensory information and contains memories of past strategies
Frontal Lobe - provides information about the goal and appropriate strategy for that goal
Occipital Lobe - processes visual stimuli
True
A group of discrete skills strung together to make up a new, more complicated skilled action is termed __________________.
Serial skill
Reaction time is an important performance measure that tells us about the speed and effectiveness of a person’s ability to make decisions.
True
According to Hick’s Law, as the number of possible stimulus response alternatives increases (or the number of response choices increases), the time required to respond
Increase
Seeing a yellow light and deciding whether or not to stop involves _______________.
choice reaction time
multiple stimulus-response alternatives
Hick’s Law
all answers are corre
Humans have an unlimited amount of attentional resources which makes us excellent multi-taskers.TF
False
What is the process that allows humans to process multiple pieces of environmental stimuli at a time?
parallel processing
Parallel processing can be completed in all three stages of information processing.
TF
False
Which of the following is NOT one of the issues related to the Stroop Effect discussed in class?
the size of the words has a strong influence over your ability to say the color
