Motor Control Exam 2 questions with
complete correct answers
An example of a parameter added to Schmidt's generalized motor program (GMP) would be: - correct
answer ✔✔The muscles used to write your signature
According to Schmidt's motor program-based theory of motor control, which of the following would be
controlled by the same generalized motor program (GMP)? - correct answer ✔✔Using either hand to
reach for and grasp an object
A good example of a "self-organizing system" is a: - correct answer ✔✔hurricane
In the OPTIMAL theory, if a teacher allows students to choose the order in which they practice skills, the
teacher would be focusing on the following aspect of the theory: - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy
The dynamical systems theory indicates that skilled action is controlled by the nervous system
constrainingfunctionallyspecificcollectives of muscles and joints, which are known as: - correct answer
✔✔Coordinative Structures
Which of the following types of motor control theories emphasizes the roles of a memory representation
in the control of coordinated action? - correct answer ✔✔Motor program theories
Coordination should be considered in terms of body and limb movement patterns in relation to: - correct
answer ✔✔Patterns of environmental objects and events
An example of an invariant feature in Schmidt's generalized motor program (GMP) would be: - correct
answer ✔✔The relative timing characteristics of your signature
The shift from one stable movement pattern to another stable movement pattern is known as: - correct
answer ✔✔A phase transition
, An important difference between the open- and closed-loop control systems is that the: - correct answer
✔✔Closed-loop system involves feedback; the open-loop system does not
According to Schmidt's motor program-based theory of motor control, the mechanism primarily
responsible for the control of coordinated movement controls: - correct answer ✔✔A class of actions
In Shapiro and others' experiment on relative timing patterns in walking and running, a motor program-
based theory of motor control would conclude that: - correct answer ✔✔One GMP controls walking and
a different GMP controls running
The degrees of freedom problem was first identified by: - correct answer ✔✔Nicolai Bernstein
The world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking stated that which of the following should describe a
large class of observations and accurately predict the results of future observations? - correct answer
✔✔Theory
An understanding of motor control theory enables a practitioner to: - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
According to dynamical systems theory, if an increase in speed shifts a coordination pattern from one
stable state to another (e.g., anti-phase to in-phase), speed would be an example of: - correct answer
✔✔A control parameter
The affordance concept suggests that we: - correct answer ✔✔Both b) and c)
In dynamical systems terminology, anattractor refers to a: - correct answer ✔✔Stable behavioral steady
state of a system
The OPTIMAL theory was develop to address the following issue(s) that previous theories of motor
control and learning had failed to address - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
OPTIMAL theory would argue that focusing attention on the following aspects) of the task of balancing
on a moving platform would enhance performance and learning: - correct answer ✔✔The movements of
the platform
complete correct answers
An example of a parameter added to Schmidt's generalized motor program (GMP) would be: - correct
answer ✔✔The muscles used to write your signature
According to Schmidt's motor program-based theory of motor control, which of the following would be
controlled by the same generalized motor program (GMP)? - correct answer ✔✔Using either hand to
reach for and grasp an object
A good example of a "self-organizing system" is a: - correct answer ✔✔hurricane
In the OPTIMAL theory, if a teacher allows students to choose the order in which they practice skills, the
teacher would be focusing on the following aspect of the theory: - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy
The dynamical systems theory indicates that skilled action is controlled by the nervous system
constrainingfunctionallyspecificcollectives of muscles and joints, which are known as: - correct answer
✔✔Coordinative Structures
Which of the following types of motor control theories emphasizes the roles of a memory representation
in the control of coordinated action? - correct answer ✔✔Motor program theories
Coordination should be considered in terms of body and limb movement patterns in relation to: - correct
answer ✔✔Patterns of environmental objects and events
An example of an invariant feature in Schmidt's generalized motor program (GMP) would be: - correct
answer ✔✔The relative timing characteristics of your signature
The shift from one stable movement pattern to another stable movement pattern is known as: - correct
answer ✔✔A phase transition
, An important difference between the open- and closed-loop control systems is that the: - correct answer
✔✔Closed-loop system involves feedback; the open-loop system does not
According to Schmidt's motor program-based theory of motor control, the mechanism primarily
responsible for the control of coordinated movement controls: - correct answer ✔✔A class of actions
In Shapiro and others' experiment on relative timing patterns in walking and running, a motor program-
based theory of motor control would conclude that: - correct answer ✔✔One GMP controls walking and
a different GMP controls running
The degrees of freedom problem was first identified by: - correct answer ✔✔Nicolai Bernstein
The world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking stated that which of the following should describe a
large class of observations and accurately predict the results of future observations? - correct answer
✔✔Theory
An understanding of motor control theory enables a practitioner to: - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
According to dynamical systems theory, if an increase in speed shifts a coordination pattern from one
stable state to another (e.g., anti-phase to in-phase), speed would be an example of: - correct answer
✔✔A control parameter
The affordance concept suggests that we: - correct answer ✔✔Both b) and c)
In dynamical systems terminology, anattractor refers to a: - correct answer ✔✔Stable behavioral steady
state of a system
The OPTIMAL theory was develop to address the following issue(s) that previous theories of motor
control and learning had failed to address - correct answer ✔✔All of the above
OPTIMAL theory would argue that focusing attention on the following aspects) of the task of balancing
on a moving platform would enhance performance and learning: - correct answer ✔✔The movements of
the platform
