Individual Differences and Capabilities Flashcards
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Factors that drive individual differences
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- Heredity
- Environmental experience
- Combination of both
2
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Traits
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- Genetically inherited factors
- Stable and enduring
- Normal distribution
3
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Types of traits
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- Cognitive
- Physical
- Emotional
- Personality
4
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Examples of Cognitive Traits
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- Art
- Music
5
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Examples of Physical Traits
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- Height
- Body somatotype
- Muscle composition
- Kinesthesis
- Handedness
- Perceptual abilities
- Motor abilities
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Examples of Emotional Traits
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- Feelings
- Emapthy
7
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Examples of Personality Traits
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- Motivation
- Aggression
8
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Motor Abilities
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- GENETICALLY determined
- Stable and enduring
- Underlie or support the performance of motor skills
9
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Motor abilities as a limiting factor
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- Not all abilities are equally important
- Predisposed limitations on skill performance and learning
- Motor abilities establish upper limits
- Genetic factors set limits for environmental factors to operate within
10
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Abilities vs Skills
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Abilities - Genetically determined - Stable - Limit ability to perform Skills - Developed by practice - Developed by experience
11
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How many motor abilities are there?
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- Debated just how many there are
- About 40-50 (debatable)
- Fleishman’s taxonomy of motor abilities – 21
12
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Difference between Perceptual-Motor Abilites and Physical Proficiency Abilities
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13
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Theories that explain abilities
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- General Motor Ability hypothesis
- Specificity of Motor Ability hypothesis
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General Motor Ability Hypothesis
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- A single global ability is the basis for all motor behavior
- Based in biology
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Specificity of Motor Ability Hypothesis
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A person’s rank in one motor ability does not predict his/her ranking for any other motor ability
