Motor Control Exam 1 questions well
answered to pass
Degrees of Freedom - correct answer ✔✔The number of independent elements or components in a
control system and the number of ways each component can act
Self-Organization - correct answer ✔✔the degrees of freedom naturally interact without a lot of
conscious control or explicit instructions
Entrainment - correct answer ✔✔2 or more degrees of freedom work together and create a timing
relationship
Coordinative Structures - correct answer ✔✔functionally specific collectives of muscles and joints that
are constrained to act cooperatively
Synergies - correct answer ✔✔Elemental variables free to vary while maintaining the stability of the
performance variables
Order Parameters - correct answer ✔✔defines the coordinative (timing) relationship between
components of a coordinative structure
Control Parameters - correct answer ✔✔variables that when scaled (increased or decreased) can cause
change in the coordinative structure/synergy
Attractors - correct answer ✔✔stable, preferred coordinative structures/synergies
Central Pattern Generators - correct answer ✔✔the neural network located between the higher centers
of the brain and the motor neurons that activate the muscle capable of producing rhythmical movement
patterns of excitatory and inhibitory stimulations in the limbs
answered to pass
Degrees of Freedom - correct answer ✔✔The number of independent elements or components in a
control system and the number of ways each component can act
Self-Organization - correct answer ✔✔the degrees of freedom naturally interact without a lot of
conscious control or explicit instructions
Entrainment - correct answer ✔✔2 or more degrees of freedom work together and create a timing
relationship
Coordinative Structures - correct answer ✔✔functionally specific collectives of muscles and joints that
are constrained to act cooperatively
Synergies - correct answer ✔✔Elemental variables free to vary while maintaining the stability of the
performance variables
Order Parameters - correct answer ✔✔defines the coordinative (timing) relationship between
components of a coordinative structure
Control Parameters - correct answer ✔✔variables that when scaled (increased or decreased) can cause
change in the coordinative structure/synergy
Attractors - correct answer ✔✔stable, preferred coordinative structures/synergies
Central Pattern Generators - correct answer ✔✔the neural network located between the higher centers
of the brain and the motor neurons that activate the muscle capable of producing rhythmical movement
patterns of excitatory and inhibitory stimulations in the limbs
