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test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The differences in people's performance that are caused by differences in stable and enduring abilities are | individual differences |
| The term __________ describes proficiencies that can be modified by practice and are essentially countless in number | skills |
| A view that several specific independent motor abilities are the basis for every type of motor performance is | specificity hypothesis |
| Selecting someone for a high-performance team because he or she performs well as a novice is problematic because | the relative importance of various underlying abilities can change as a learner progresses from beginner to expert |
| The study of __________ involves two distinct emphases: abilities and prediction. | individual differences |
| An early view that a single global ability is the basis for all motor behavior (now viewed as incorrect) | general motor ability hypothesis |
| The method scientists use to examine individual abilities or differences (factors that make people different from each other) is | differential approach |
| The method of measuring the strength of a relationship between people's performance scores on two tasks is | correlation |
| The method scientists use to examine individual abilities or differences (factors that make people different from each other) is | differential approach |
| All of the following are It is useful to define learning in terms of the gain in underlying __________ for skilled performance developed during practice.important distinctions of abilities except | developed with practice |
| It is useful to define learning in terms of the gain in underlying __________ for skilled performance developed during practice. | capability |
| Which of the following processes is not thought to be influenced by practice? | increased cardiorespiratory endurance |
| __________ is an example of a positive temporary effect of practice. | Motivation |
| Practice can have ________ on the learner. | simultaneous temporary and relatively permanent effects |
| When learners are trained to develop general capabilities for a variety of skills, a __________ test is most appropriate for evaluating the effects of practice. | far transfer |
| One limitation in the usefulness of performance curves is that they | do not measure relatively permanent changes |
| Any differences observed in a transfer test are due to __________. | relatively permanent changes in capability for performance |
| Which of the following statements about motor learning is not true? | motor learning is determined by a general ability for learning |
| Which of the following may be the result of motor learning in the sport of soccer? | an improvement in ball handling performance |
| In a transfer design, the temporary effect of the variable must be __________. | allowed to dissipate |
| Some learners engage in much self-talk about the actual physical performance in Fitts' __________ stage of learning. | cognitive |
| In Bernstein's final stage of learning, movement becomes maximally skilled in terms of __________. | effectiveness and efficiency |
| Which of the following examples illustrates specificity of learning? | home-field advantage |
| __________ refers to the degree to which a simulator mimics the criterion task. | Fidelity |
| Experts tend to seek out __________ information in a perceptual display. | specific and narrowly focused |
| During Fitts' __________ stage of learning, movements involving closed skills become more stereotyped. | autonomous |
| In Bernstein's views, a degree of freedom means __________. | ways in which muscles or joints are free to move |
| Part practice is most effective for __________ skills when the parts are performed relatively independently. | serial |
| Fitts' stages of learning were designed to consider __________ components involved in skill acquisition. | both perceptual and motor |
| Overcoming the negative effects of __________ is part of the reason why preperformance routines contribute to successful performance. | the warm-up decrement |