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Module 7 Flashcards

1
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Experimental Method

A

Experiments

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2
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Differential Method

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Focuses on the ways in which we are different from one another

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3
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Individual Differences

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Study of abilities and the study of prediction

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4
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Studying Abilities

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Someone is born with the capability of doing something better than someone else without practice/experience/exposure

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5
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Studying Prediction

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Predicting something based on previously shown abilities

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6
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Measured Characteristic

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Reveals a stable, during difference between two people

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7
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What do individual differences in skills have to have?

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Stability from attempt to attempt
Endure it across time
More than one of the measurements of the difference to be considered sufficient to establish the two things as different

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8
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Ability

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Genetically determined and largely unmodifiable by practice or experience
Basic equipment people inherit for real world tasks

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9
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Skill

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One’s proficiency at a particular task
Can be modified by practice
Countless in the amount
Represents the person’s potential to perform

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10
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General Motor Ability Hypothesis

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A single, inherited motor ability is assumed
Presumably underlies all movement or motor tasks
A person with strong general motor ability should be good at all motor tasks

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11
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Correlations computed among different skills are generally…

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Low

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12
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Similar skills are…

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Still correlated poorly

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13
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What does data claim?

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That they are many abilities and not simply a general motor ability

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14
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Reaction Time

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Type of motor ability
Tasks with a single stimulus and one’s response
Speed is critical

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15
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Response Orientation

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Type of motor ability
Quick choices among a number of alternative movements
Choice reaction time

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16
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Speed of Movement

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Type of motor ability
Arms must move quickly without a RT stimulus
Goal is to minimize MT

17
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Finger Dexterity

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Type of motor ability

Tasks in which small objects are manipulated by fingers and hands

18
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Manual Dexterity

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Type of motor ability

Tasks in which relatively large objects are manipulated with hands and arms

19
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Response Integration

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Type of motor ability

Many sources of sensory info must be integrated to make an effective response

20
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Physical Proficiency Abilities

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Type of motor ability

Abilities that do not have to do with skills but involve “physical proficiency”

21
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Examples of physical proficiency abilities

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Dynamic strength
Explosive strength
Gross body coordination
Stamina

22
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What do attempts at prediction involve?

A

Understanding the abilities that underlie the criterion task
Estimating the strength of these abilities in applicants as indicators for their future capabilities in the task
Estimating/predicting the potential skill level on the criterion task based on present info about the applicants

23
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Why isn’t prediction of success in movement skills not very effective in motor behavior?

A

The underlying abilities in motor performances have not been studied systematically and are not well understood
Too many abilities to be measured
Cannot predict because the pattern of relevant abilities shifts with practice and experience

24
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Laymen’s Term for Abilities

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All people have some of everything but different people have strengths in particular abilities

25
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Correlation

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Ability to measure the strength of a relationship between performance scores on two tasks
Similarities between two tasks

26
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Specificity Hypothesis

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Many specific, independent motor abilities are the basis for every motor performance

27
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Groupings of Abilities

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Balance between general motor ability and specificity hypothesis

28
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What is the result of people repeating activities that they are successful at?

A

Often difficult to determine whether the person has strong abilities or good skills bc of their practicing

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