Module 1: Intro to Motor Development

Question 1

Motor behavior can be defined as which of the following?
a. The study of movement technique
b. The study of both the psychological factors that influence sport and exercise and
the psychological effect derived from them
c. The study of the functioning of the human body during exercise and work
d. The subdiscipline that stresses the principles of human skilled movement
generated at a behavioral level of analysis

Answer 1

The subdiscipline that stresses the principles of human skilled movement
generated at a behavioral level of analysis

Question 2

Clark and Whitall distinguish four historical periods of motor development. Name them in order.
PPMN

Answer 2

Precursor period,
maturational period,
normative/descriptive period,
process-oriented period

Question 3

Human motor development, as a field of study, is important because it helps us to do
which of the following?
a. Better understand all domains of human development
b. Diagnose motor problems in those who are developing atypically
c. Teach people to become more proficient movers.
d. All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above
Better understand all domains of human development
Diagnose motor problems in those who are developing atypically
Teach people to become more proficient movers.

Question 4

Elements of developmental change, as described in the textbook, include which of the
following components?
a. Complex
b. Qualitative
c. Realistic
d. Problematic

Answer 4

Qualitative

Question 5

Proximodistal refers to growth in the human body that proceeds how?
a. Feet toward the head
b. Head toward the feet
c. Center or midline toward the periphery of the body
d. Periphery toward the center or midline of the body

Answer 5

Center or midline toward the periphery of the body

Question 6

Cephalocaudal refers to growth in the human body that proceeds how?
a. Feet toward the head
b. Head toward the feet
c. Center or midline toward the periphery of the body
d. Periphery toward the center or midline of the body

Answer 6

Head toward the feet

Question 7

The period of the Mountain of Motor Development that emphasizes the emergence of voluntary movement following the inhibition of reflexes is which of the following periods?
a. Reflexive period
b. Skillful period
c. Compensation period
d. Preadapted period

Answer 7

Preadapted period

Question 8

According to the authors of the Mountain of Motor Development, when does the ascent
up the mountain begin?
a. Long before we arrive at its base
b. In the reflexive period
c. In the fundamental patterns period
d. In the context specific period

Answer 8

Long before we arrive at its base

Question 9

What is the last period on the Mountain of Motor Development?
a. Compensation period
b. Reflexive period
c. Context specific period
d. Fundamental patterns period

Answer 9

Compensation period

Question 10

According to the textbook, if developmental stages actually exist, then which of the
following is true?
a. Each stage must be unique from all others
b. The order of stages must be invariant
c. The stages must be universal
d. All of the above

Answer 10

Each stage must be unique from all others
The order of stages must be invariant
The stages must be universal

Question 11

An example of a product-oriented investigation is one that highlights which of the following?
a. The degree of extension around the hip joint when preparing to kick a ball
b. The role of vision in performing a kick
c. The velocity that a ball can be projected by kicking
d. The effect of a child’s estimate of self-worth and its effect on kicking

Answer 11

The velocity that a ball can be projected by kicking

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of motor development research?
a. The comparison of various types of stimuli and their effects on reaction time of
college students
b. The examination of mass and distributed practice and their effects on the
learning of 35-year-old subjects
c. The administration of a reaction-time test to 15-year-olds and 25-year-olds and
comparing their test performances
d. The comparison of the body composition of male and female distance runners

Answer 12

The administration of a reaction-time test to 15-year-olds and 25-year-olds and comparing their test performances

Question 13

According to Clark and Whitall, motor development is the study of which of the
following?
a. Children’s movement
b. How relatively permanent changes in movement occur
c. The maturation of movement
d. Changes in motor behavior across the lifespan

Answer 13

Changes in motor behavior across the lifespan

Question 14

The neonatal period encompasses birth to which period?
a. 22 days of life
b. 1 week of life
c. 1 year of life
d. 2 years of life

Answer 14

22 days of life

Question 15

What is growth?
a. A change to a higher level of function
b. An increase in physical size
c. An innate change to a higher level of functioning
d. A regression or progression in physical size

Answer 15

An increase in physical size

Question 16

Growth that occurs as a result of change in cell size is which of the following?
a. Hyperplasia
b. Hyperextension
c. Accretion
d. Hypertrophy

Answer 16

Hypertrophy

Question 17

Growth that occurs as a result of change in cell number is which of the following?
a. Hyperplasia
b. Hyperextension
c. Accretion
d. Hypertrophy

Answer 17

Hyperplasia

Question 18

What does gross motor refer to?
a. Movements performed as a function of large muscle groups
b. Movements performed as a function of small muscle groups
c. Unusual, grotesque movements of early childhood
d. Unusual, grotesque movements of prenatal life

Answer 18

Movements performed as a function of large muscle groups

Question 19

What does fine motor refer to?
a. Movements performed as a function of large muscle groups
b. Movements performed as a function of small muscle groups
c. Unusual movements of early childhood
d. Unusual movements of prenatal life

Answer 19

Movements performed as a function of small muscle groups

Question 20

The three major domains of human development, according to Bloom, include which of
the following?
a. Social, emotional, behavioral
b. Cognitive, emotional, behavioral
c. Psychological, social, mental
d. Cognitive, affective, psychomotor

Answer 20

Cognitive, affective, psychomotor

Question 21

Although Bloom has identified three major educational domains of human
development, the text suggests the addition of a fourth domain:
a. Growth-related
b. Health-related
c. Physical
d. Physiological

Answer 21

Physical

Question 22

Maturation differs from growth in that:
a. Maturation is functional and growth is structural
b. Maturation is structural and growth is functional
c. Maturation is progressive and growth is regressive
d. Maturation is regressive and growth is progressive

Answer 22

Maturation is functional and growth is structural

Question 23

The ability to coordinate left and right arms in the performance of a movement task best illustrates the concept known as __________.
a. cephalocaudal
b. proximodistal
c. differentiation
d. integration

Answer 23

integration

Question 24

Which of the following is the most common indicator for the offset (end) of
adolescence?
a. Achievement of sociocultural maturity
b. Achievement of maximal height
c. Reaching voting age
d. Graduating from high school

Answer 24

Achievement of maximal height

Question 25

Middle adulthood is characterized as which age span?
a. 25–45 years
b. 30–50 years
c. 40–60 years
d. 50–70 years

Answer 25

40–60 years

Question 26

The four domains of Human Development
C-A-M-P

Answer 26

Cognitive
Affective
Motor
Physical

Question 27

The enlargement of an organ or tissue is caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of it’s cells

Answer 27

Hyperplasia

Question 28

The enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in size of its cells

Answer 28

hypertrophy

Question 29

the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

Answer 29

Accretion