PE - Skill Acquisition Flashcards
(38 cards)
Name 3 psychomotor abilities
Reaction time - respond to a stimulus
Speed of movement - able to make gross rapid movements
Co-ordination - movement of several limbs at he same time
Name 2 advantages of manual guidance
Gives confidence
Allows the performer to overcome fear / reduce anxiety
State an disadvantage of mechanical guidance
Doesn’t get the full feel of the movement
What stage of learning do performers not always leave?
Associative
When is massed practise more effective?
When the performer is...... Experienced Older Fitter More motivated
When the task is……
Discrete
Simple
Closed
Distributed practise is best when the task is……
Dangerous
Complex
Continuous
What are the characteristics of abilities
Innate / genetically determined
Stabe and enduring
Underpin skills
What is the definition of PRP ( Phycological refractory period )
The time taken to react to a second stimulus after a first stimulus has occurred
What type of practise develops schema?
Varied practise
Name 3 advantages of mental practise
Builds a mental image
Reduces anxiety
Helps to focus on specific parts of the skill
The translatory mechanism is……
Decision making
Sensory input consists of what?
Sight
Audition (hearing)
Proprioception ( touch kinaesthesis equilibrium )
Name 3 gross motor abilities
Static strength - maximum force that can be exerted
Trunk strength - strength of abdominals
Explosive strength - short bursts
How long does the information in the short term sensory store last for?
Up to 1 second
What does hicks law state?
The greater the number of stimuli, the greater a performers reaction time
Selective attention is used in between what two parts of the multistore model of the memory process
Short term sensory - Short term
How is information moved from the short term memory to the long term memory?
Information is practised
Which level of loop control contains a perceptual trace?
Closed loop control - level 2
Where are motor programs stored?
The long term memory
State 3 ways in which retention and retrieval of memory can be improved
Linking ( association )
Simplifying
Chunking
What is a different name for the Phycological refractory period?
The single channel hypothesis
Bottle neck
What does the open and closed loop theory state?
And what are the problems with open and closed loop controls?
That there is a motor program for every movement
Storage of motor programs (as there are many )
Retrieval of some motor programs
Does not account for spontaneous movement
Name the 8 types of feedback
Positive
Negative
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Terminal
Concurrent (during)
Knowledge of performance
Knowledge of results
Name the 4 parts to the schema theory
Knowledge of initial conditions
Knowledge of response specifications
Knowledge of sensory consequences ( how the skill should feel )
Knowledge of movement outcome
