InIntro - Chap. 1

Question 1

What is motor behaviour

Answer 1

the over, observable production of skilled movement

Question 2

what are the 3 branches of motor behaviour

Answer 2

motor control (performance)
motor learning
motor development

Question 3

what is motor learning

Answer 3

conditions of practice, how to provide feedback and how learning changes over time

Question 4

what is motor development

Answer 4

how maturation influences our motor learning across the lifespan

Question 5

what is the best practice for teaching curling to children and why

Answer 5

use rock of same weight but on shorter ice, eventually use longer sheet of ice
-builds understanding of how much force is required to push rock and this is more easily transfered to longer sheet of ice rather than using a lighter rock

Question 6

in relation to motor control, what is similiar in medical procedures and sports

Answer 6

develop the necessary motor skills to be quick and accurate

Question 7

what are the 3 classes of movement

Answer 7

reflexive (spontaneous)
learned
skilled

Question 8

what makes a reflex

Answer 8

direct relation between stimulus and respons
-1:1 ratio

Question 9

as a child, reflexes are more what

Answer 9

random

Question 10

when are reflexes most apparent in our lives

Answer 10

first 6 months of life

Question 11

what are skilled movements

Answer 11

things that one might be interested in, not everyone learns

Question 12

what are the 4 aspects a skilled performer has

Answer 12

-benefited (or learned ) from their experiences
-learned what features of their environment they should attend to
-learned what to ignore
-learned to perform a behaviour not otherwise capable of

Question 13

what is the key thing about motor skills

Answer 13

PRACTICE to achieve the skill

Question 14

difference between movements and skills

Answer 14

skill: a particular set of limb movements combined to achieve a goal
movements: how limb moves through space

Question 15

definition of motor skill

Answer 15

ability to bring about some end result with maximum certainty and minimum outlay of every, or of time and energy

Question 16

what is defining skills

Answer 16

what are the key ingredients needed to make an action a skill

Question 17

what are components of sills

Answer 17

what does a performer need to do to perform a motor skill

Question 18

what is classification of skill

Answer 18

what makes a motor skill easy or hard

Question 19

what are the 4 aspects that define a skill

Answer 19

-need environmental goal (motor outlet)
-ability to achieve goal with certainty and consistently
-minimizes energy consumption, physical and psychological
-minimum time

Question 20

what are the 3 components of skills a performer needs to know

Answer 20

-what to do (the steps)
-when and where to do it
-how to do it (and be able to do it)

Question 21

what are the 2 classifications of motor skill based on size of primary musculature

Answer 21

gross and fine motor skills

Question 22

what are the 2 classifications of motor skills when it comes to the environment

Answer 22

open and closed skill

Question 23

what is an open skill and give an example

Answer 23

a skill that is done in an environment that is always changing
-has some control but need to adapt to the environment
ex: soccer

Question 24

what is a closed skill and give and example

Answer 24

environment is consistent and predictable
-you get to determine when to make the shot
ex: archery

Question 25

what are the 3 classifications of motor skills when it comes to movement type

Answer 25

discrete, serial and continuous skill

Question 26

what is a discrete skill and give example

Answer 26

skill containing a single unit of activity with a definite beginning and end
-taking a shot at a target

Question 27

what is a serial skill

Answer 27

skills with 2 or more actions linked together
-series of discrete skills

Question 28

what is a continuous skill and give example

Answer 28

a skill that has no apperant beginning or end
-swimming, cross country skiing

Question 29

what are the 3 ways to measure discrete skills

Answer 29

absolute error
constant error
variable error

Question 30

what classification of motor skill do we base ourselves on to measure movements

Answer 30

movement type
-discrete, serial, continuous

Question 31

what is absolute error

Answer 31

tells us about the overall magnitude of error
(difference between measured or inferred value and the actual value of a quantity

Question 32

what does absolute error not take into consideration

Answer 32

any details regarding the importance of the error
-direction, length, time etc.

Question 33

what does constant error measure

Answer 33

performance bias
-whether one shoots more to one direction for example, or tends to throw too light etc.

Question 34

what does constant variable measure

Answer 34

performance consistency
-the variability and realiability of ones performance

Question 35

what type of equation is used to calculate variable error

Answer 35

standard deviation

Question 36

how to calculate constant error

Answer 36

find average
-add all values and divide by the amount of values there are

Question 37

how to calculate absolute error

Answer 37

find constant error (average)
-disregard the negative sign if it is, will always be positive

Question 38

what is used to measure continuous movement and how does it work

Answer 38

root mean squared error
-calculates area between the desired pathway and the actual pathway

Question 39

root mean squared error represents what when measuring movement

Answer 39

bias and consistency