Midterm Questions

Question 1

Motor performance is affected by many factors, resulting in performance fluctuations that may be permanent in nature

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Motor Learning is characterized by changes in internal processes that determine an individual’s capability for producing a motor task. These changes are classified as temporary in nature

Answer 2

False

Question 3

For a movement to qualify as a skill it does not have to have a desired environmental goal

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Achieving a goal in a minimum time is a feature of a skill

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Being skilled implies meeting the desired goal with maximum certainty

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A major feature of skill is the minimization of energy required for performance

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Discrete motor skills are the ones not mentioned in public

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Continuous motor skills are reoccuring tasks

Answer 8

True

Question 9

An example of a serial motor skill given in class is pole vaulting

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Variable error tells you how consistent the performance is

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Constant error tells you how consistent the performance is

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Reaction time is the time between the beginning of a response and its completion

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Movement time is the time between the onset of a stimulus and the completion of a response

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Basketball is an example of an “open” skill

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Performing a task faster often reduces the accuracy of the performance

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A secondary task/distractor task can be used to measure the attention necessary to perform a task

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The process-oriented approach to studying skills concentrates exclusively on the task performance

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Attention implies withdrawing from some things in order to deal efficiently with others

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Attention is related to some limitation in available processing capacity

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Attention can be studied by measuring the interference between two tasks performed at the same time

Answer 20

True

Question 21

One theory of attention is that it is a single limited capacity resource

Answer 21

True

Question 22

One theory of attention is that it is a set of resources each of which handles certain kinds of processing and has their own limited capacities

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The single resource theory of attention explains why it is easier to drive a car and listen to the radio than drive a car and text on your cell phone

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Controlled processing is fast

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Automatic Processing is slow

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Automatic Processing is serial in nature

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Controlled processing is NOT 'volitional'

Answer 27

False

Question 28

When there are two different responses, only one can be initiated at a time

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The single channel theory states that if one stimulus enters the single channel, a second stimulus must wait for processing

Answer 29

True

Question 30

The fake jump shot in basketball was given as an example of the physiological refractory period

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Perceptual anticipation involves the detection of upcoming events with various sensory receptors

Answer 31

False

Question 32

Selective attention is determined by past experience of the performer and the skill being performed

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Habituation states that you respond more quickly to constant stimuli

Answer 33

False

Question 34

The terms arousal, stress, motivation, activation and anxiety are used interchangeable in literature

Answer 34

True

Question 35

State anxiety can vary from minute to minute and from task to task

Answer 35

True

Question 36

More complex tasks can be performed at higher levels with greater arousal than less complex tasks

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Clinicians may measure proprioception by watching for drift when the patient is holding a position with their eyes closed

Answer 37

True

Question 38

Skin Stretch contributes to movement sensation at most joints

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Muscle spindles respond to pressure

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Proprioceptive errors after exercise are due to fatigued muscles

Answer 40

False

Question 41

Visual information dominates auditory in both the spatial and temporal domain

Answer 41

True

Question 42

A ventriloquism effect can occur whether or not the visual and auditory stimuli are perceived as congruent

Answer 42

False

Question 43

Brain areas previously considered unisensory have shown multisensory interactions

Answer 43

True

Question 44

A low correlation (either positive or negative) alows accurate prediction of performance on one test from performance on a different test)

Answer 44

False

Question 45

In primary motor cortex (M1), somatotopic organization is coarse, with hand/finger/wrist representations somewhat intermingles

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Plasticity happens at the synapse level

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) is concerned with the spatial location of targets for reaching

Answer 47

True

Question 48

Mirror neurons respond when the monkey observes someone else performing an action, but not when the monkey performs the action himself

Answer 48

False

Question 49

Neurons in supplementary motor area (SMA) are active for complex sequences of finger tapping movements

Answer 49

True

Question 50

SMA neurons are active for motor execution of a simple finger tapping movements

Answer 50

False

Question 51

SMA lesions often cause peripersonal neglect

Answer 51

False

Question 52

The cerebellum affects the ipsilateral side of the body

Answer 52

True

Question 53

The vermis is concerned with motor planning

Answer 53

False

Question 54

The lateral zone of the cerebellum is concerned with balance and eye movements

Answer 54

False

Question 55

Cerebellar lesions often result in resting tremor

Answer 55

False

Question 56

Patients with cerebellar ataxia often have difficulty with prism adaptation

Answer 56

True

Question 57

Basal ganglia neurons fire well before movement initiation suggesting this structure has a role in motor planning

Answer 57

False

Question 58

Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease are both related to basal ganglia dysfunction

Answer 58

True

Question 59

According to H.W Johnson's (1961) categorization, which of the following factors does not play a role in determining a skill: A) Strength B)Speed C) Accuracy D)Form E) Adaptability

Answer 59

A: Strength

Question 60

Which of the following is the role of the Central Executive in the Baddely and Hitch Working Memory Model? A) Make decisions about what action to take B) Distribute additional resources to other systems C) Filter out information

Answer 60

B: Distribute additional resources to other systems

Question 61

Which of the following is NOT one of the notable individual's listed in class? A) Paul Fitts B) Franklin Henry C) Richard B. Smith D)Jack Adams E) Richard A. Schmidt

Answer 61

C: Richard B. Smith

Question 62

A skill is performed in an environment which is unpredictable is a: A) Discrete Skill B) Serial Skill C) Open Skill D) Closed Skill

Answer 62

C: Open Skill

Question 63

Which of the following is NOT a stage of information processing? A) Stimulus Identification B) Reaction Time C) Response Selection D) Response Programming

Answer 63

C: Response Selection

Question 64

Which is NOT one of the methods used for processing? A) Serial B) Convex C) Parallel

Answer 64

B: Convex

Question 65

The amount of information increases with the number of: A) Possible things which might have occurred B) Things that DID occur

Answer 65

A: Possible things which might have occured

Question 66

Population stereotypes are A: Over-Learned Relationships B: "Wired-In" Relationships C: Ones that cannot be changed D: Genetically determined

Answer 66

A: Over-Learned Relationships

Question 67

In the preceding figure, the intercept measures A: Overall "speed" of the perceptual and motor systems of any decision about which response to make B: The "speed" of decision making by teh response-selection state of processing

Answer 67

A: Overall "speed" of the perceptual and motor systems of any decision about which response to make

Question 68

Which of the following is an example of neuroplasticity? A) Exercise results in muscle growth, with corresponding increase in blood supply B) In an ischemic stroke, neurons die because of a blockage in the circulatory system C) After a leg amputation, neurons in the leg area of somatosensory cortex become responsive to surrounding body parts D) Both B and C

Answer 68

C: After a leg amputation, neurons in the leg area of somatosensory cortex become responsive to surrounding body parts

Question 69

Which of the following are benefits of multisensory integration? A) Sensor Redundancy B) Complementary information may be gained C) Inaccurate information is ignored D) Both A and B

Answer 69

D: Both A and B

Question 70

Which statement is true regarding somatotopic organization of primary motor cortex? A) Face representations are medial, leg lateral and hand in between B) leg represenations are medial, face lateral, hand in between C) Hand representations are medial, leg lateral, and face in between D) Leg representations are medial, hand lateral, and face in between E) Hand representations are medial, face lateral, and leg in between

Answer 70

B: Leg representations are medial, face lateral, hand in between

Question 71

Which statement is true of premotor cortex (PMv and PMd) A) PMd is concerned with the spatial locations of targets for reaching B) PMv is concerned with the shape of an object for grasping C) PMd plays a role in speech and action understanding D) Both A and B E) Both B and C

Answer 71

D: Both A and B are true

Question 72

Which statement is true of BOTH the basal ganglia and cerebellum? A: Both play a role in limb movement, eye movement, balance, and cognition B: Each of these structures make up 10% of the brain's volume but contains about half its neurons C: Both can be described in terms of the "brake hypothesis" D: Both have excitatory output

Answer 72

A: Both play a role in limb movement, eye movement, balance, and cognition

Question 73

Patient has difficulty starting a movement, but can keep going once he is in motion. The patient is most likely to have: A: Cerebellar Ataxia B: Parkinson's Disease C: Huntington's Disease D: Either B or C

Answer 73

B: Parkinsons Disease

Question 74

A

Answer 74

Sensory End Organs

Question 75

B

Answer 75

Short-Term Memory

Question 76

C

Answer 76

Long-Term Memory

Question 77

D

Answer 77

Response Organization

Question 78

E

Answer 78

Decision Making

Question 79

A

Answer 79

Stimulus Identification

Question 80

B

Answer 80

Response Selection

Question 81

C

Answer 81

Response Programming

Question 82

D

Answer 82

Premotor RT

Question 83

E

Answer 83

Motor RT

Question 84

A

Answer 84

Noise Distribution

Question 85

B

Answer 85

Signal and Noise Distribution

Question 86

A

Answer 86

Visuospatial Sketchpad

Question 87

B

Answer 87

Central Executive

Question 88

C

Answer 88

Phonological Loop

Question 89

A

Answer 89

Hit

Question 90

B

Answer 90

Miss

Question 91

C

Answer 91

False Alarm

Question 92

D

Answer 92

Correct Rejection

Question 93

Which one is Yerkes-Dodson Law?

Answer 93

C

Question 94

Which one?

Answer 94

A