HSU Motor Development Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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HSU Motor Development Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
An example of a research topic in motor development is - ANSWERSthe administration of a reaction-time test to 15 year olds and 25 year olds and comparing their test performance
"Proximodistal" refers to growth in the human body ...
HSU Motor Development Final Exam
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
An example of a research topic in motor development is - ANSWERSthe administration of a reaction-time
test to 15 year olds and 25 year olds and comparing their test performance
"Proximodistal" refers to growth in the human body that proceeds from the - ANSWERScenter or midline
toward the periphery of the body
The theory that proposes the storage of basic skill patterns, which may be modified to fit a variety of task
demands and situations, is known as - ANSWERSGeneral motor program theory
"Opportunities" that are provided as a function of the environment are referred to as -
ANSWERSaffordances
An example of research studying the product of movement is: - ANSWERSvelocity that a ball can be
projected by kicking
Which of the following is not an invariant feature of a GMP? - ANSWERSoverall duration
Which of the following can explain the change that has occured when a raquetball player with tendinitis
has altered his stroke to a tennis stroke to decrease the stress on the elbow? Altering the stroke would
be a(n) - ANSWERSphase shift
Which term refers to how growth begins with the head, with distal structures growing more slowly? -
ANSWERScephalocaudal
During which period of time were the three main theoretical constructs developed? - ANSWERSprocess-
oriented period
, A typist who is pressing a key with one finger and simultaneously moving another into position to press
another key, is demonstrating: - ANSWERScoarticulation
Hicks' law specifies that reaction time slows as the - ANSWERSnumber of stimulus-response choices
increase
When two stimuli are spaced closely together, the delay in responding to the second stimuli is called -
ANSWERSthe psychological refractory period (PRP)
Reaction time (RT) tends to be fastest at __________ levels of arousal - ANSWERSmoderate
The interval of elapsed time from the presentation of a stimulus until the beginning of the response is
the ________. - ANSWERSreaction time interval
Visual perception is most narrow when - ANSWERSarousal is high
The inverted-U principal describes the relationship between ____________ - ANSWERSarousal and
performance
Fine motor refers to - ANSWERSMovements performed as a function of small muscle groups
__________ skills have a definite beginning and end. They usually start and end quickly. -
ANSWERSdiscrete
Which of the following is NOT an example of a self-paced skill - ANSWERSreceiving a punt
Gross motor refers to - ANSWERSmovements performed as a function of large muscle groups
Using Gentile's taxonomy of Action Requirements, which of the following would be classified as having
body transport and object manipulation? - ANSWERSwalking on crutches
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