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What are the three subdisciplines of motor behavior? - Answer-1. Motor Control 2. Motor Learning 3. Motor Development Motor Control - Answer-Study of how movements are controlled Motor Learning - Answer-Study of how motor skills are acquired Motor Development - Answer-Study of how motor skills are developed The term motor skill can be conceptualized in two ways. What are those? - Answer-1. Skill can be seen as a task EX: Swimming, Skating 2. Skill can be viewed as a level of performance...

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Reaction Time - Answer-Time it takes to respond and initiate movement (average is 120-280 ms) Movement Time - Answer-Time from initiated movement until the end of the movement Response time - Answer-Time it takes to respond until the end of movement (Reaction time + Movement time) Stimulus Identification Stage - Answer-The stimulus is recognized and identified-- sensory stage (vision, audition, touch, kinethesis, smell) Parallel processing usually occurs during this stage Response Selectio...

According to Hick's Law, what happens every time the number of stimulus-response alternatives doubles? - Answer-1. the performer's response selection stage of information processing takes longer 2. the performer's RT increases by a constant amount The _________________________ theory was developed to address the ___________________ and ____________________ problems with the original concept of motor programs. - Answer-generalized motor program / novelty / storage The inverted-U hypothes...

What are the 5 pillars of public health? Ans: 1. epidemiology 2. environmental health 3. health promotion/education 4. health administration/policy 5. biostatistics What is public health? Ans: health of a population as a *whole* What is chronic disease? Ans: illness/disease that persists over time (ex. coronary artery disease, cancer, diabetes) What is Epidemiology? Ans: studying the causes and effects of diseases in order to reduce risk factors 2 What is Kinesiology? Ans: 1. exerc...

Motor Behavior - Study of movement and processes that underlie motor performance Motor Control - Examines control mechanism of movement Motor Learning - Learning movements through practice History of Motor Skills - WWII- need for trained military with skillful movements Fritts' Law (1954) - Speed accuracy trade-off Dr. Franklin Henry - University of California Berkley, Father of motor behavior research Movement - Change in position of a body segment. Are a component part of motor skills ...