Chapter 9 Vocab Flashcards
1
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Prehension
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The grasping of an object, usually with the hand or hands
2
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Body scaling
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Adapting characteristics of the task or environment to the overall body size or to the size of a body component
3
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Coincidence-anticipation tasks
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Motor skills in which one anticipates the completion of a movement to coincide with the arrival of a moving object
4
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Affordance
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Action or behavior permitted for an actor by the places, objects, and events in an environment; it is often related to the relative sizes of the actor and the objects
5
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Invariance
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Stability in the kinematic values of a set of movement (keeping patterns in the environment constant
6
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Optic array
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The visual picture falling on our retinas as we approach an object or as a moving object approaches us
