Motor Control Final Exam: Mastery of Movement
and Neuromuscular Coordination
Motor learning - correct answer ✔✔permanent gains in the capability for skilled performance through
practice or experience
plasticity - correct answer ✔✔the ability of the CNS to reorganize neural pathways throughout the
lifespan as a result of experience and learning
under two conditions:
-During normal brain development
-As an adaptive mechanism to compensate for lost function and/or maximizing remaining functions in
the event of injury.
law of practice - correct answer ✔✔improvements are rapid at first and much slower later in practice
performance curves - correct answer ✔✔plots of individual or average performance against practice
trials
(how learning is measured)(not a learning curve)
MOST COMMON IS NEGATIVE ACCELERATION
Ceiling effect - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when someone cannot improve their performance as they
approach the best possible score on a trial
- scores are clustered at the top
- task is too easy
floor effect - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when someone cannot improve their performance as they
approach the best possible score on a trial
- scores are clustered at the bottom
- task is too difficult
, retention test - correct answer ✔✔Practiced skill is performed after a period of time
transfer test - correct answer ✔✔A variation of the practiced skill is performed after a period of time
- successfully seen when practice on one task contributes to performance capability in some other task
positive transfer - correct answer ✔✔when a treatment (e.g., practice on another skill) facilitates
performance above no practice
negative transfer - correct answer ✔✔when a treatment (e.g., practice on another skill) degrades
performance in comparison to those that received no additional practice
generalized transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer to relatively different activities is the goal
near transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer of learning from one task or setting to another that is very
similar
far transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer of learning from one task to another very different task or
setting
benefits of practice - correct answer ✔✔-Improved capability to perform skill
-Improved perceptual skills
-Improved attention
-Improved motor programs
-Improved error detection
Fitts' stages of learning - correct answer ✔✔considers how the cognitive processes invested in motor
performance change as a function of practice
and Neuromuscular Coordination
Motor learning - correct answer ✔✔permanent gains in the capability for skilled performance through
practice or experience
plasticity - correct answer ✔✔the ability of the CNS to reorganize neural pathways throughout the
lifespan as a result of experience and learning
under two conditions:
-During normal brain development
-As an adaptive mechanism to compensate for lost function and/or maximizing remaining functions in
the event of injury.
law of practice - correct answer ✔✔improvements are rapid at first and much slower later in practice
performance curves - correct answer ✔✔plots of individual or average performance against practice
trials
(how learning is measured)(not a learning curve)
MOST COMMON IS NEGATIVE ACCELERATION
Ceiling effect - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when someone cannot improve their performance as they
approach the best possible score on a trial
- scores are clustered at the top
- task is too easy
floor effect - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when someone cannot improve their performance as they
approach the best possible score on a trial
- scores are clustered at the bottom
- task is too difficult
, retention test - correct answer ✔✔Practiced skill is performed after a period of time
transfer test - correct answer ✔✔A variation of the practiced skill is performed after a period of time
- successfully seen when practice on one task contributes to performance capability in some other task
positive transfer - correct answer ✔✔when a treatment (e.g., practice on another skill) facilitates
performance above no practice
negative transfer - correct answer ✔✔when a treatment (e.g., practice on another skill) degrades
performance in comparison to those that received no additional practice
generalized transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer to relatively different activities is the goal
near transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer of learning from one task or setting to another that is very
similar
far transfer - correct answer ✔✔transfer of learning from one task to another very different task or
setting
benefits of practice - correct answer ✔✔-Improved capability to perform skill
-Improved perceptual skills
-Improved attention
-Improved motor programs
-Improved error detection
Fitts' stages of learning - correct answer ✔✔considers how the cognitive processes invested in motor
performance change as a function of practice
