Exam 1

Question 1

what components make up newell’s model of constraints

Answer 1

individual, task, environmental

Question 2

T/F. Motor Development is continuous, age related, sequential

Answer 2

True

Question 3

what is physical growth?

Answer 3

quantitative increase in size or body mass

Question 4

what makes newells model of constraints important?

Answer 4

a representation of ecological model, main point of reference for book

Question 5

maturational perspective focuses solely on this system

Answer 5

CNS (central nervous system

Question 6

which perspective of motor development is used predominantly in the book?

Answer 6

ecological

Question 7

provide an example of a rate limiter

Answer 7

weight, height, strength

Question 8

what is body scaling?

Answer 8

changing the dimensions of the environment or an environmental object in relation to structural constraint

Question 9

what is an affordance

Answer 9

person perceives the functions an object will allow based on body size, object, texture, etc.

Question 10

name one individual functional constraint

Answer 10

social and cultural, psychosocial, knowledge

Question 11

what is gender typing

Answer 11

prescribing stereotypical activities to either sex based on gendered expectations

Question 12

the socialization process is based on (2/3 needed)

Answer 12

significant others, social situations, personal attributes

Question 13

what is simple reaction time

Answer 13

time it takes to respond to one stimulus

Question 14

what is strategic knowledge

Answer 14

applying rules generally

Question 15

what is cephalocaudal development

Answer 15

direction of growth beginning at the head extending toward the lower body

Question 16

what is another name for trisomy 21

Answer 16

down syndrome

Question 17

what is a teratogen? provide examples.

Answer 17

chemical or drug, harmful materials that cause mutution of cells in external environment

Question 18

what causes catch-up growth

Answer 18

severe malnutrition, severe disorder

Question 19

what age does cessation of bone growth occur for boys?

Answer 19

18 or 19

Question 20

Running a half marathon enacts which muscle fiber type?

Answer 20

type I

Question 21

what is a condition that occurs at epiphyseal plate

Answer 21

Osgood Schlatters Disease

Question 22

give 2 implications of excess adipose tissue serving as individual rate-limiters (2)

Answer 22

stretching, twisting, running, motivation

Question 23

The adipose system does what? (2/3 needed)

Answer 23

energy storage, insulation, protection