HKIN 276 EXAM Study guide (Chapters 1-3 MC questions) | Questions And Answers
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Shooting a free throw in basketball is an example of an open skill. - False
Absolutely no large muscles are involved when a person is engaged in a fine motor skill. - False
Typing a word on a keyboard is an example of a serial motor skill - True
The size of a pen that a person uses to write is an example of a regulatory condition that will determine
the movements required for the handwriting action - true
Classifying skills into general categories helps us to understand the demands those skills place on the
performer/learner - True
The terms actions and movements are interchangeable - False
To distract a basketball free throw shooter, the fans from the opposing team wave their arms in the air.
The wing arms are an example of a regulatory condition - False
A physical therapist could use Gentile's taxonomy to evaluate a patient's capabilities and limitations -
True
Simple RT involves one signal and more than one possible response - False
A motor task involves having a person watch a screen that flashes multi-coloured lights. The person is
instructed to press a button as quickly as possible when the colour blue flashes on the screen. This task
is examining the individual's discrimination RT - True
Constant error (CE) refers to a person's performance bias during a series of trials - True
, Root-mean-square error (RMSE) is typically used to measure accuracy in discrete skills - False
Research showing the low correlation between reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT) supports
the general motor ability hypothesis - False
The specificity of motor abilities hypothesis predict that if a person is highly skilled in one activity then
he or she should be or become skilled in all activities - False
Timing as an ability is typically specific to the requirements of the skill being performed - True
The performance of any motor skill is influenced by characteristics of:
a. The performer
b. The environment
c. The skill itself
d. All of the above - All of the above
The term skill is used to denote:
a.A task that has a specific purpose or goal to achieve
b.The degree of competency or capacity to perform a task
c.The activity in the nervous system that underlies movement
d. A and B - A and B
Motor control and learning are prioritized in the following order relative to the three levels of study:
Which of the following skills is a discrete motor skill?
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