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All of the following are considered some of the "Ten Great Public Health Achievements" EXCEPT: - Walking and biking trail systems ____________ is defined as 'health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions." - Global Health What is one example of a Social and Cultural Factor of health? - The area in which someone lives (ex. u...

Two fundamental Questions - How do we acquire movement skills? How do we control movement skills? Three sub disciplines of motor behavior - 1) motor learning 2) motor control 3) motor development Motor Behavior - people do things by exerting muscular contractions Motor Control - examines the control mechanisms for movement Motor learning - set of internal and mental processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in the capability for skilled perform...

KNH 184 Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ________________ is the level of excitement of a person's central nervous system. - ANSWER-Arousal .According to Hick's Law, what happens every time the number of stimulus-response alternatives doubles? - ANSWER-1. the performer's response selection stage of information processing takes longer 2. the performer's RT increases by a constant amount .Accurate prediction of the type of stimulus to be presented: - ANSWER-1. can reduce RT 2. is called ...

What are the three subdisciplines of motor behavior? - 1. Motor Control 2. Motor Learning 3. Motor Development Motor Control - Study of how movements are controlled Motor Learning - Study of how motor skills are acquired Motor Development - Study of how motor skills are developed The term motor skill can be conceptualized i

The ______ controls communication between the cerebellum and the cerebrum/cerebral cortex - pons What is the ability to manipulate relatively large objects with your hands and arms - Manual Dexterity What happens during rapid elbow flexion.. the triceps muscle (two things) - is inhibited and acts as the antagonist What types of neurons convey information from the CNS to the periphery? - motor, descending, efferent If you found a correlation coefficient of .75 between tasks a and b, you c...

KNHS 3319 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ Muscle Tissue Types Correct Answer: Voluntary: Skeletal Involuntary: Cardiac/Smooth Myofibril Correct Answer: Bundles of protein filaments containing contractile elements Sarcomere Correct Answer: Basic contractile unit of a myofibril/muscle fiber Actin and Myosin Correct Answer: Actin: Composed of actin, tropomyosin, troponin. Myosin: Composed of 2 twisted protein strands Alpha Motor N...

According to Hick's Law, what happens every time the number of stimulus-response alternatives doubles? - 1. the performer's response selection stage of information processing takes longer 2. the performer's RT increases by a constant amount The _________________________ theory was developed to address the ___________________ and ____________________ problems with the original concept of motor programs. - generalized motor program / novelty / storage The inverted-U hypothesis suggests t...

KNH 188 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers. Kinesiology definition - answerAddresses the interrelationship of the physiological processes (i.e. cardiorespiratory & metabolic) & the anatomy of the human body with respect to MOVEMENT Kinesiology includes the sciences of... - answer1. Exercise physiology 2. Movement sciences (i.e. motor control/learning) 3. Sport and exercise psychology Exercise physiology - answerPhysiological and musculoskeletal adjustments to acute bouts of physical ...

Motor Behavior - Study of movement and processes that underlie motor performance Motor Control - Examines control mechanism of movement Motor Learning - Learning movements through practice History of Motor Skills - WWII- need for trained military with skillful movements Fritts' Law (1954) - Speed accuracy trade-off Dr. Franklin Henry - University of California Berkley, Father of motor behavior research

KNH 188 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers. What are the 5 pillars of public health? - answer1. epidemiology 2. environmental health 3. health promotion/education 4. health administration/policy 5. biostatistics What is public health? - answerhealth of a population as a *whole* What is chronic disease? - answerillness/disease that persists over time (ex. coronary artery disease, cancer, diabetes) What is Epidemiology? - answerstudying the causes and effects of diseases in order to r...