KIN 101 Ch. 7 Motor Behavior

Who wrote the first major theoretical paper (on what was known as the memory drum theory) from the discipline of kinesiology?

Franklin Henry

According to the text, which kind of practice makes perfect?

Perfect practice

The type of performance experience engaged in for the express purpose of refining motor control function to improve skill is training skill practice learning

Practice

Which of the following describes the information processing model? The brain is like a computer or central processing unit, while the spinal cord is the wiring, and the muscles make the output via the printer or screen. It was created to help scientists understand how the central nervous system works. We finally understand with total certainty how we learn motor skills. The brain is considered the master controller of skill acquisition.

The brain is like a computer or central processing unit, while the spinal cord is the wiring, and the muscles make the output via the printer or screen.

Motor behavior research is closely related to biomechanics.

True

This time period is considered one of the greatest eras of interest in motor behavior.

World War II (1939-1945)

All of the following examine learning (rather than performance) EXCEPT measuring reaction time (RT) after two days without practice on the RT task analysis of a football game after two weeks of intrasquad practice a comprehensive final exam a test of accuracy immediately after practice for accuracy

a test of accuracy immediately after practice for accuracy

What differentiates motor learning from motor control?

acquisition versus neuromuscular activity

Which of the following is most critical in helping students develop skills? specific feedback ample appropriate practice opportunities maturity adequate instruction

ample appropriate practice opportunities

Which experimental design compares two groups (randomly formed) on the same task, such as movement speed? within-group design experiment design research design between-group design

between-group design

A coach tells a player the correct way to inbound a basketball from the sideline; at the same time the coach is demonstrating how to throw the ball inbound in a gamelike situation. What is taking place? intrinsic feedback and sensory perception observational learning and novice control goal setting and extrinsic feedback extrinsic feedback and observational learning

extrinsic feedback and observational learning

What is an example of a before-practice variable?

goal setting

After Tommy slid into home plate, he heard the umpire yell, "Safe!" What type of knowledge was expressed by the umpire? knowledge of performance (KP) and extrinsic feedback knowledge of results (KR) and intrinsic feedback knowledge of results (KR) and extrinsic feedback knowledge of performance (KP) and intrinsic feedback

knowledge of results (KR) and extrinsic feedback

What type of researcher studies differences in growth patterns in children ages 2 to 12 years?

motor development expert

Motor behavior includes three subdisciplines. Which is NOT one of the subdisciplines? motor performance motor control motor development motor learning

motor performance

The focus of motor behavior research today includes cognition and memory shattering the myth that motor control diminishes with age potential treatments of disease and injury, including Parkinson's disease elite performance

potential treatments of disease and injury, including Parkinson's disease

Boys and girls are similar in motor skill performance during childhood EXCEPT in which of the following skills (in which the sex difference is substantial)? jumping catching throwing running

throwing

Boys and girls are more similar than different in motor skill performance. true or false

true

Pedagogy, the study of teaching, applies to motor behavior research. true or false

true

Skill acquisition, one of the five areas studied in motor control, is about learning. True False

true

Feedback that produces the greatest improvement in performance and potentially produces the greatest learning

varies depending on the expertise of the performer