KP161 final notes

Question 1

what is motor learning

Answer 1

the process involved in acquiring and refining motor skills

Question 2

what is motor control

Answer 2

a related field that focuses on the neural, physical and behavioural aspects that underline human movement

Question 3

what are the four criteria that define motor skills

Answer 3

goal oriented, body and/or limb movements, developed as a result of practice, voluntary

Question 4

what is a fine motor skill

Answer 4

small precise mouvement

Question 5

what is a gross motor skill

Answer 5

focus less on precision and more on large muscle movements

Question 6

what is a discrete motor skill

Answer 6

beginning and end points of a skill

Question 7

what is a serial motor skill

Answer 7

collective sequence of multiple discrete motor skills

Question 8

what is a conscious motor skill

Answer 8

beginning and end points are determined by an external factor (a finish line)

Question 9

what is a closed motor skill

Answer 9

preformed in a stable predictable and controllable environment

Question 10

what is a open motor skill

Answer 10

preformed in an unpredictable environemnt

Question 11

the context in which the skills are preformed are called what

Answer 11

regulatory conditions

Question 12

intratrial variability

Answer 12

the regulatory conditions do not change

Question 13

intertrial variability

Answer 13

the regulatory conditions change

Question 14

what are the two things that are related to action requirements

Answer 14

body mouvement and object manipulation

Question 15

specificity hypothesis

Answer 15

each skill requires a particular set of abilities to be successful

Question 16

the learner must recognize and interpret the sensory stimuli is called what

Answer 16

perception

Question 17

what are the three approaches to explaining how perception might work

Answer 17

stimulus identification response selection, response selection, movement programming