exam #1 (m.b)

Question 1

according to gentile’s model, as the environment becomes more ‘‘closed’’ the performer must diversify.adapt the basic movement pattern

Answer 1

false

Question 2

number of basketball/foul shots made in a game would involve a process measure

Answer 2

false

Question 3

during the ‘‘pre-motor’’ period of a reaction time task, central nervous system (activity occurs)

Answer 3

true

Question 4

research evidence does not support specificity of motor abilities.

Answer 4

false

Question 5

walking would be classified as a discrete, gross motor skill

Answer 5

false

Question 6

kinetics and kinematics involve performance process measurements.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

coordination is a kinematic measurement

Answer 7

true

Question 8

the initial stage of gentile’s model involves getting the idea of the movement.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

alertness, anxiety, and fatigue are performance variables that influence learning

Answer 9

false

Question 10

a negative outcome performance curve indicates performance is directly proportional to the number of practice trails.

Answer 10

false

Question 11

for the ‘‘passive movement condition’’, the objective was for the subject indicate to the researcher when to stop moving the subject’s arm.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

for this lab, difference scores were measured from the starting point/dot to where the subject’s performance ended.

Answer 12

false

Question 13

in this lab, data was collected to determine the degree to which practicing the mirror tasking task with the non-preferred hand would transfer to doing the task with the preferred hand.

Question 14

in this lab, a pre-test and post-test occured for both the ‘‘experimental condition’’ and the ‘‘control condition’’

Question 15

which of the following would best relate to swimming in the ocean

Question 16

which of the following is a characteristic of motor abilities?

Question 17

action or task involving a specific goal to achieve

Question 18

study of processes/characteristics involved in acquiring and refining motor skills

Question 19

a stable trait or capacity of an individual

Question 20

the process of activating and coordinating the muscles and limbs by the neuromuscular system for performance of a motor skill.

Question 21

the patterning of body and limb motions relative to each other and to the environmental objects and events.

Question 22

the extent to which learning one skills affects the learning of another skill.

Question 23

a relatively permanent change in the capability to perform a skill

Question 24

for tasks that involve movement in 2 planes of motion

Question 25

the extent to which learning is maintained over time for the same skill