PHED 315 Ch 1,5 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
motor control - ANSWERS-the study of the neural, physical, and behavioral aspects of human movement
motor learning - ANSWERS-the study of processess involved in the acquisition of a motor skill and the factors that enhance or inhibit an i...
motor control - ANSWERS-the study of the neural, physical, and behavioral aspects of human movement
motor learning - ANSWERS-the study of processess involved in the acquisition of a motor skill and the
factors that enhance or inhibit an individual's capability to perform a motor skill
motor development - ANSWERS-the study of the products and underlying processes of motor behavior
changes across the life span
motor control key issues include - ANSWERS-degrees of freedom problem
-serial order problem
-perceptual-motor integration problem
degrees of freedom - ANSWERS-investigates how the system is able to constrain the number of degrees
of freedome to produce a coordinated movement pattern
serial order - ANSWERS-examines the seuqencing and timing of movement behaviors
-ex: sequence of sounds in speech patterns, action slips (Spoonerisms)
spoonerism - ANSWERS-errors with exchanging letters from adjacent words
action slips - ANSWERSunintended, often automatic, actions that are inappropriate for the current
situation
-ex: throwing fork in trash
perceptual-motor integration - ANSWERS-addresses how perception and action are incorporated
-how is movement affected by our perception? (they work together)
, motor skills - ANSWERS-require muscles and limbs
-must be goal oriented
-are voluntary
-must be learned or relearned
motor skills: skill classification - ANSWERS-sport skills
-developmental taxonomies
sport skills - ANSWERS-cognitive skills (intellectual skills) (enable mover to solve problems)
-perceptual skills (interpreting & integrating sensory info (past and present)) (ex: soccer)
-motor skills (learned ability to coordinate the action)
developmental taxonomies - ANSWERS-nonlocomotor stability (need for locomotor skills)
-locomotor skills (transporting the body; walking, running)
-manipulative skills (use smaller muscles to explore the world (indentify))
stability - ANSWERS-ability to maintain body position against the forces of gravity
motor skills: single-dimensional classifications - ANSWERS-nature of the skill
-time-constraint taxonomy
-environmental predictability
-movement precision
nature of skill - ANSWERS-continuous skills (ex: running or swimming) (no clear beginning or end)
-discrete skills (ex: throwing or catching) (has an end)
-serial skills (ex: wrestling takedown or basketball layup) ( series of discrete skills that must be performed
in particular sequence
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