Module 7

Question 1

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

Answer 1

have problems with
✓ fine motor skills (e.g., handwriting)
✓ balance
✓ visuomotor skills

Motor performance below norms for their age and intelligence

Question 2

kinematics

Answer 2

Type of process measure that
describes motion, independent of the
forces that cause motion

Question 3

Cerebral Palsy

Answer 3

MULTIPLE indicators:
* Appearance & timing of developmental milestones
* Reflex responses
* Posture and movement abnormality
* Muscle tone

Question 4

In older adults, an active lifestyle has been shown to

Answer 4

-Decrease reaction time in choice RT paradigm
-Improve balance while standing on 1 foot -Increase volume of the brain

Question 5

CRUNCH

Answer 5

At low (motor) task difficulty levels, older adults exhibit greater activation of task-relevant brain regions as compared to young adults

In young adults, activation in task-relevant regions increases as task difficulty increases

In older adults, activation in task-relevant regions increases as task difficulty increases, but only up to a certain difficulty level (and then activation levels off or decreases)

Question 6

Which of the are true with respect to the compensation period?

Answer 6

Compensation refers to attempts to maintain performance in response to a change in an organism constraint

Fine motor skill are particularly susceptible to decrements in performance

Question 7

reaction time

Answer 7

Interval of time from the onset of
a ‘go’ signal or stimulus to the
initiation of a response

Question 8

Age from the expected date of
delivery

Answer 8

corrected age

Question 9

chronological age

Answer 9

birth to today