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1
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Motor Behaviour is simultaneous movement of what three components?

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Joint movements, Muscles and motor units

2
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What are the four fundamental questions of motor behaviour?

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Degrees of freedom problem, Serial Order problem, perceptual-motor integration and Skill acqusition

3
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Three sub-disciplines of motor behaviour

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Motor control, motor learning and motor development

4
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Why study simple tasks?

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Easy to measure, controllable and havent been practiced

5
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What is motor control

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Organisation of movements

6
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What is motor development

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How do our movements change/mature over a lifetime

7
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What is motor learning

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How do our movements change over practice of a short time?

8
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Why do psychologists study motor behaviour?

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Behaviour arises largely from the brain, and is directly observable.

9
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What is the degrees of freedom problem

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Infinite ways a movement can be executed and people are quick to pick one, why?

10
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What is the serial order problem

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How is the sequence of movements controlled?

11
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What is the perceptual-motor integration

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How is the info from the environment used to plan and adjust movement?

12
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What is skill acquisition

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How do we get better at skilled movement?