Motorbehavior

Question 1

What are the three areas of motorbehaviour

Answer 1

• > motor learning
• > motor development
• > motor control

Question 2

What is the study of motor behaviour

Answer 2

the study of how motor skills are learned, controlled and developed across lifespan

Question 3

which sensory systems (body systems) are used for motor control

Answer 3

• > vision
• > vestibular (inner ear fluid)
• > muscle receptors

Question 4

which sensory systems are used

Answer 4

• > where items are (extroception)
• > where our body is relative to the environment (exproprioception)
• > where are our body parts and how are they configured
  (proprioception)

Question 5

what is motor control

Answer 5

body and limb coordination essential to perform motor skills

Question 6

Learning

Answer 6

acquisition of knowledge or skill through experience, study or being taught

Question 7

what is the goal of studying motor control

Answer 7

to help explain how our nervous system preforms and coordinates

Question 8

what is the goal of studying motor learning

Answer 8

help explain the processes in the brain that occur in response to practice/experience of a certain skill resulting in changes in the nervous system that allow for production of a new motor skill

Question 9

What are the stages of learning

Answer 9

1. Cognitive stage of learning (introduction to a skill)
2. Associative stage of learning (conscious decisions become automatic)
3. Autonomous stage of learning (nearly automatic performance; skill occurs naturally)