Motor learning & Performance Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Motor behavior - answer✔✔Study of humans skilled movements generated at behavioral level of
analysis
Motor Control - answer✔✔Study of neural, physical and behavioral aspects of movement
Motor Learning - answer✔✔Study of acquiring skilled movement as a result of practice
3 types of Skill - answer✔✔Discrete
Serial
Continuous
Discrete Skill - answer✔✔Has beginning and end
Ends quickly
Snapping, kicking
Serial Skill - answer✔✔Several discrete skills are connected in a sequence to perform critical
movement patterns
i.e. Layup, shoe tying
Continuous Skill - answer✔✔Unfolds without recognizable beginning and ends in an ongoing
fashion.
Its repetitive, continues for many minutes
Closed Skill - answer✔✔Stable environment and predictable, environment does not change.
(Shooting arrow in gym)
Open Skill - answer✔✔Environment is unpredictable
Maximum Certainty - answer✔✔Able to meet performance goals or results with certainty, high
degree of certainty on demand