Test 1

Question 1

What makes an experiment and experiment

Answer 1

random assignment, manipulation of variables/ groups, usually has an operational definition

Question 2

What is an operational definition

Answer 2

explains something new, Hot Hand= the likely hood of making a shot depends on if the previous shot was missed or made

Question 3

What happened to soccer players who used the Stroop test

Answer 3

those that had mental fatigue played worse and had more penalties

Question 4

What happened with the Emotional regulation of bikers

Answer 4

watch disturbing movie and told to act naturally, suppress emotional responses, those that didn’t suppress their emotions were faster than those that suppressed it, but those

Question 5

What was the experiment with testosterone and winning

Answer 5

those that are having a close win have more of surge than the other three, close lose, deceive win and loss, so we crave the win

Question 6

What was the sex with multiple partners for athletes and non-athletes experiment

Answer 6

student-athletes claim to have more partners, self-reported, also for women, if the men play a team sport or individual sport, they are more likely to get long term or one date

Question 7

Why doesn’t lab data always mean real life data

Answer 7

you can infer inter validity or causality, but some people may not act like they normally would because the study is artificial and not natural

Question 8

What is the old definition of skill

Answer 8

learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maxim certainty, often with th minimum outlay of time, energy or both

Question 9

What is the new definition of skill

Answer 9

skill is the consistent production of goal-oriented movements, which are learned and specific to the task(walking)

Question 10

What is ability

Answer 10

innate(and largely unchangeable) physical attributes that determine our potential for a given skill(holding a baton)

Question 11

What is motor ability

Answer 11

dynamic strength, reaction time, manual dexterity(power lifting, full body tackle, karate block, etc)

Question 12

What is gross motor skills

Answer 12

moving entire body, running, jumping, benching

Question 13

What is fine motor skills

Answer 13

small individual parts of the body, sewing, writing, using a fork

Question 14

Can experiments in fine motor apply to gross motor too

Answer 14

no

Question 15

What are closed skills

Answer 15

Stable, predictable environment, therefore, skills are almost not affected by the environment and tend to be habitual, movements follow set patterns and have a clear beginning and end

Question 16

What are open skills

Answer 16

environment is constantly changing and thus movements have to be continually adapted, skills are predominately perceptual, the skill is eternally paced

Question 17

What are discrete skills

Answer 17

brief action with beginning and end(goal keepers dive for ball)

Question 18

What are continuous skills

Answer 18

may be stopped at any point without movement being incomplete(running)

Question 19

What are serial skills

Answer 19

performance of a series of different movements in sequence(gymnastic)

Question 20

What are externally paced skills

Answer 20

Timing is not under the control of the athlete

Question 21

What are internally paced skills

Answer 21

timing is under control of athlete

Question 22

What are individual skills

Answer 22

performed in isolation(figure skating)

Question 23

What are coactive skills

Answer 23

those performed at same time as others but without direct confrontation(swimming)

Question 24

What are interactive skills

Answer 24

performed where other performers are directly involved(football)

Question 25

What is the Cognitive stage

Answer 25

early stages of trying to acquire a new skill, the tendency is to focus o understanding the nature of the task, through higher mental processes the task is analyzed and a motor program is developed ie mental representation of the skill

Question 26

What is the Associative Stage

Answer 26

an intermediate stage in acquiring a skill, after a mental program has been developed with practice, we tend to need to think less and less about the skill in order to perform it successfully

Question 27

Proprioception

Answer 27

lets us feel the parts of the body even when we aren’t looking at them, feeling your foot under the table even if its not touching anything

Question 28

What is the autonomous stage

Answer 28

this is achieved when a skill has been mastered to a degree the abilities of the performer permit, at this stage conscious thinking about the skills usually impairs it execution

Question 29

What is recall

Answer 29

recall is task specific, so you have seen it before and know how to react to it

Question 30

How does recall relate to experts and novices

Answer 30

Chess experts can just have better game specific memory thats why they do better, but with no game specific pieces then they are the same

Question 31

What are some problems with IPA

Answer 31

sometimes your actions are automatic, anticipation speeds up the process, doesn’t explain which info you screen out of the process

Question 32

What is the effect of time when determining predications(temporal occlusion)

Answer 32

with more time, there is more accuracy
The less time until the impact of something, the more likely people are to be able to predict where the something will land, so if someone is about to kick a soccer ball, the closer to impact of the ball, the better the prediction, you are more likely to be able to predict side vs height

Question 33

What happens if something is blocked out during a movement

Answer 33

If something is blocked out, experts are more likely to be hurt than novices, its possible that this is due to because there isn’t as much contextual info, or some important sources of sensory info may be missing(such as auditory)

Question 34

How do people do if they are told how to do something explicitly vs general info vs highlighted area group vs implicit info

Answer 34

Explicit info and general info do better than both highlighted group and implicit with highlighted group being the worse one, you can teach anticipation as seen in the groups

Question 35

What is arousal

Answer 35

all inclusive, broad ranging continuum of physiology activation at any point in time, From deep stupor/sleep to extreme excitement( Hr, BP, hormones, etc)

Question 36

What is anxiety

Answer 36

negatively charged emotional state characterized by internal discomfort and distress, Environmental situations(strong opponent), Individual’s perception of environment, Response, Behavior(performance outcome), substantial imbalance between environmental demand and response capability under conditions where failure to meet the demands had important consequences

Question 37

Who is better, younger or older siblings

Answer 37

Younger siblings don’t have to worry about pressure and tension.