Exam 1 Ch. 3 Quiz

All of the following are true about health-related fitness EXCEPT 1. It can be assessed only through first assessing motor performance. 2. Some components of health-related fitness are related to motor performance fitness. 3. It involves using physical activity experiences to develop the traits and capacities that help a body avoid hypokinetic diseases. 4. It is generally considered more significant than motor performance fitness.

1. It can be assessed only through first assessing motor performance.

Which statement is true regarding athletic abilities? 1. The highest level of competence in a given activity is achieved through a combination of abilities, practice, and training experiences. 2. The limits of learning and conditioning are determined only by your inherited abilities. 3. Abilities improve with practice. 4.Modern science has identified the genetic variants that predict the most likely elite athletes.

1. The highest level of competence in a given activity is achieved through a combination of abilities, practice, and training experiences.

List the six sources of satisfaction that represent the attitudes we have toward physical activity enjoyment as both viewers and spectators (the reasons why we like to participate in or view a particular physical activity).

1. social experience 2. health and fitness 3. pursuit of vertigo 4. aesthetic experience 5. cathartic experience 6. ascetic experience

Which of the following is NOT a reason subjective experiences are important to physical activity professionals? 1. They determine whether we will make that activity part of our lives. 2. They help clarify the reasons for our career choices. 3. They help develop our professional skills. 4. They give us something to fall back on when answering clients if our professional knowledge is limited.

2. They help clarify the reasons for our career choices.

All of the following are evidence of a subjective experience EXCEPT 1. yelling at a referee during a basketball game 2. pumping your fist after making a shot 3. getting tired at the end of a race 4. overriding thoughts about fatigue

3. getting tired at the end of a race

Which of the following is NOT true regarding experiences and physical activity? 1. The two fundamental effects of physical activity experience are the development of skill through practice and the development of physical capacity. 2. All physical activity experiences contribute to both skill and physical capacity. 3. A kinesiology student can benefit from looking at physical activity experience in broader terms before learning the specific terminology, research, and theories in specialized areas of the discipline. 4. Kinesiology professionals are solely responsible for modifying the mix between improving skill or physical capacity in a person's given activity.

4. Kinesiology professionals are solely responsible for modifying the mix between improving skill or physical capacity in a person's given activity.

Abilities represent our skill level for performing a physical activity as a result of learning that occurs with practice. T/F

False

One reason people are reluctant to talk about their subjective experiences in sport is that it is very difficult to describe them in words. T/F

True

Open skills are those that require performers to coordinate their movements to a changing environment during the execution of the task. T/F

True

Our individual reactions to the events and feelings associated with physical activity are part of our subjective experiences. T/F

True

Which statement most accurately describes the experience of watching sport?

Vicarious participation is a form of watching in which observers participate in a sport contest through the power of imagination.

What is the key to improving our physical activity performances?

accumulating physical activity experiences

A woman who runs 2 miles each day only because it helps her maintain her weight may be said to have

an extrinsic orientation to physical activity

Which of the following correctly describes an underachiever?

an individual who has much ability but fails to practice or train

Humans differ from animals because humans

can match their movements to much more complex internal plans

Physical training results in _________ that improves _________.

conditioning; health

Participating in high school and college sports is likely to result in being physically active as an adult. T/F

false

A generalist is one who

has acquired low to moderate proficiency in a relatively large number of physical activities

Spectators who have knowledge about a sport-including its history, competitive strategies, most important players, equipment, and schedules-are said to

have game spectator knowledge

Our decisions concerning the pursuit of a physical activity are largely determined by

how we feel before, during, and after the physical activity

Which of the following is a characteristic of training?

improvement in fitness

We are more likely to enjoy physical activity when

its challenges are balanced by our skills and abilities

The principle of quantity stipulates that, all other things being equal, increasing the frequency of our engagement with the critical components of an activity

leads to increases in our capacity to perform that activity

What are the three types of knowledge embedded in subjective experiences of physical activity?

mystical knowledge, Socratic self-knowledge, psychoanalytic self-knowledge

Experience of physical activity is defined in the text as

our personal participation or observation of physical activity

What do the terms emotions, cognition, dispositions, knowledge, and meanings reflect?

our subjective physical activity experiences

The type of experience necessary to produce changes in a skill is called ________, and the relatively permanent changes are called ________.

practice; learning

The process by which we replay our subjective experiences of physical activity is

self-reflection

The parents' activity level influencing a child's involvement in physical activity is an example of

social environment

The principle of quality refers to

the importance of selecting the correct type of practice

Which of the following would be considered a closed skill rather than an open skill?

throwing darts at a dartboard

The thrill and sense of danger that come with roller coaster riding, bungee jumping, and skydiving are called

vertigo