Knh 184 exam 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Two fundamental Questions - Answer-How do we acquire movement skills? How do we control movement skills? Three sub disciplines of motor behavior - Answer-1) motor learning 2) motor control 3) motor development Motor Behavior - Answer-people do things by exerting muscular contractions Motor Control - Answer-examines the control mechanisms for movement Motor learning - Answer-set of internal and mental processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in...

The ______ controls communication between the cerebellum and the cerebrum/cerebral cortex - Answer-pons What is the ability to manipulate relatively large objects with your hands and arms - Answer-Manual Dexterity What happens during rapid elbow flexion.. the triceps muscle (two things) - Answer-is inhibited and acts as the antagonist What types of neurons convey information from the CNS to the periphery? - Answer-motor, descending, efferent If you found a correlation coefficient of .75 ...

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...

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 ...

Two fundamental Questions - How do we acquire movement skills? How do we control movement skills? Three sub disciplines of motor behavior - 1) motor learning 2) motor control 3) motor development Motor Behavior - people do things by exerting muscular contractions Motor Control - examines the control mechanisms for movement Motor learning - set of internal and mental processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in the capability for skilled perform...

What are the three subdisciplines of motor behavior? - 1. Motor Control 2. Motor Learning 3. Motor Development Motor Control - Study of how movements are controlled Motor Learning - Study of how motor skills are acquired Motor Development - Study of how motor skills are developed The term motor skill can be conceptualized i

The ______ controls communication between the cerebellum and the cerebrum/cerebral cortex - pons What is the ability to manipulate relatively large objects with your hands and arms - Manual Dexterity What happens during rapid elbow flexion.. the triceps muscle (two things) - is inhibited and acts as the antagonist What types of neurons convey information from the CNS to the periphery? - motor, descending, efferent If you found a correlation coefficient of .75 between tasks a and b, you c...

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

KNH 184 Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ________________ is the level of excitement of a person's central nervous system. - ANSWER-Arousal .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 .Accurate prediction of the type of stimulus to be presented: - ANSWER-1. can reduce RT 2. is called ...