kines. test 1

Question 0

Physical activity versus movement

Answer 0

Physical activity is intentional voluntary movement directed toward achieving an identifiable Goal.

Movement is any change in the position of your body

Question 1

Three ways people learn kinesiology

Answer 1

1. watching or performing
2. Though systematic scholarly study
3. through professional practice

Question 2

Developmental skills vs. skilled movements

Answer 2

Developmental skills are skilled movements that are not usually associated with sport. Skipping, hopping

Skilled movements are seen in performance in which accuracy of direction, force and rhythm of timing is essential

Question 3

Holism

Answer 3

Interdependence of mind, emotions, body, and spirit

Question 4

Spheres of physical activity experience

Answer 4

Self-sufficiency, self-expression, work, education, leisure, health, and competition

Question 5

Sphere of self-sufficiency

Answer 5

Task that are critical to your ability to live independently.

ADLS, IADLS

Question 6

Activities of daily living

Answer 6

Personal behaviors

grooming, getting dressed, going to the bathroom

Question 7

Instrumental activities of daily living

Answer 7

More physically demanding, less personal activities

Shopping, cooking, doing laundry

Question 8

Sphere of self-expression

Answer 8

Gestures are the movements of our hands, fingers, and other body parts used to communicate

Three types of intentional gestures
Emblems, illustrators, regulators

Question 9

Emblems

Answer 9

Communicate words

Used in places where you cannot hear like sports places, scuba diving, referees

Question 10

Illustrators

Answer 10

Complement words

Pointing to yourself, describing motions of objects

Question 11

Regulators

Answer 11

Guide The flow of the conversation

Shaking hands, waving, nodding

Question 12

Sphere of work

Answer 12

Every job uses physical activity

Workers are at increased risk for disease associated with reduced physical activity

Ergonomists

Question 13

Ergonomist

Answer 13

People who specialize improving the efficiency, safety, and well-being of workers

Question 14

The sphere of education

Answer 14

It is essential to preserve cultural tradition and provide knowledge and skills that enable society to progress

You use Eye movements to read, wrist movements to write

Media is starting to evolve our education

Question 15

The sphere of leisure

Answer 15

A feeling that all is well in the world

A state of mind and a state of well-being

Question 16

Leisure versus free time

Answer 16

Leisure- more of a state of mind

Free time – when we disengage from every day life and carve out time to do what we want

Question 17

The sphere of health

Answer 17

Physical activity can contribute to good health

Doing more physical activity is not always best
Injuries at a young age can affect you in older years

Question 18

The sphere of competition

Answer 18

Side-by-side, face-to-face noncontact, face-to-face contact, and personal

Question 19

Side-by-side competition

Answer 19

There is no direct interaction between competitors. Example golf, swimming, bowling

Question 20

Face-to-face noncontact competition

Answer 20

Competitors interact by trying to maximize their own chances and decrease chances of opponent winning

Example volleyball, tennis

Question 21

Face-to-face contact

Answer 21

Players thwart efforts of his opponent by direct physical manipulation

Example football, soccer, basketball

Question 22

Impersonal competition

Answer 22

Contestants compete against record set by themselves or others

Running, hiking

Question 23

5 Stages of internalization of an activity you enjoy

Answer 23

Aware, enjoy, make time, value system, internalize

Question 24

Learning versus conditioning

Answer 24

Learning – development of a skill through practice

Conditioning – improvement in physical performance capacity through training

Question 25

Open versus closed skills

Answer 25

Closed skills – environment predictable, movement is consistent from trial to trial, coordinating movement with a changing environment is unnecessary, anticipation of external events is not necessary

Open skills – environment unpredictable, movements very from trial to trial, coordinating movement with changing environment is essential, anticipation of external events is essential

Question 26

Motor skills

Answer 26

Activities that place a premium on efficient coordinated motor response

Question 27

Skill

Answer 27

Efficiency and accuracy with which an individual is able to attain a goal of a motor skill

Question 28

Practice

Answer 28

Process of gaining more and more control over your motor system by gradually refining the nerve and muscle systems through performance

Deliberate effort to get it right by modifying the erroneous movements

Question 29

Learning

Answer 29

Result of rewiring of neural circuits in the brain and spinal cord

Question 30

Physical performance capacity

Answer 30

Improving Strength and flexibility, and developing the capacity to exert greater force.

Question 31

Conditioning

Answer 31

Changes brought about by training

Question 32

Practice

Answer 32

Affects memory, cognition, perception, and other CNS processes associated with problem solving

If skill is the primary quality it’s practice

Question 33

Training

Answer 33

Produces effects that are largely peripheral to the CNS usually on muscle,bone,soft tissue, and cardio respiratory system.

If physical performance capacity is the most important quality then it’s training

Question 34

Physical fitness

Answer 34

Overall capacity to perform adls

Question 35

Pa as a social experience

Answer 35

Team or group exercises

Question 36

Pa for health and fitness

Answer 36

Contribution to health and fitness

Question 37

Pa as the pursuit of vertigo

Answer 37

Adrenaline junkie. Risk or thrill associated with activity

Question 38

Pa as an aesthetic experience

Answer 38

Self expression. Dance or art

Question 39

Pa as a cathartic experience

Answer 39

Purging or venting of pent up hostilities through watching or playing an aggressive sport

Question 40

Pa as an ascetic experience

Answer 40

Undergoing pain, sacrifice, or self denial and to delay gratification