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QUESTIONS AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
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Terms in this set (237)
Improvement in golf skill False
performance due to
increased strength and
flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness
program is that learning
has taken place. (T/F)
A common mistake in True
teaching is the
expectation that the
student will be able to
learn a skill from a verbal
suggestion. (T/F)
Cognitive learning is the True
first phase of learning a
student will pass through
when learning a new skill.
(T/F)
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Effectively inhibiting True
unwanted movements is a
characteristic of the
autonomous phase of
learning. (T/F)
Competing movements True
encountered in new skill
learning can cause a
motor program memory
to be forgotten. (T/F)
Students can expect a True
slower rate of learning as
they progress through the
3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F)
Motor learning has taken False
place when the
improvements in skill
technique were caused by
changes in motivation.
(T/F)
3 Phases of Golf Skill 1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3)
Learning Advanced (autonomous)
An internal representation of an event, experience, or
Memory something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
Persistence or durability over time of something
Retention
learned.
A student's improved True
performance by the end
of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has
occurred. (T/F)
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As learning takes place Improvement, consistency, persistence, adaptability
there are 4 performance
characteristics observed.
What are they?
According to the True
Challenge Point
Framework, the level of
difficulty should be
increased as a player
improves or becomes
familiar with how swing
movements feel. (T/F)
Changes in performance False
that result from increased
motivation are suitable as
evidence for learning?
(T/F)
One-minute is about the True
short term memory
storage capacity for new
cognitive information
before it is lost due to
inattention? (T/F)
Performance production True
measures are the result of
the movement. (T/F)
Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural
Intrinsic Feedback
consequence of the performed skill.
Received from a source external to the performer that
Augmented Feedback
supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: Observable Behavior
Learning is not: Observable Behavior
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What is an indication that When a relatively permanent change in performance
learning has occurred? has occurred.
simply focus on what happens as a result of the
Outcome Measures
movement.
What happens to the The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
student in the early phase confidence, and fear of failure.
of golf skill learning?
1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or correction,
What should instructors
2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
teach their students in the
students to exercise patience in learning and 4)
early learning phase?
Encourage positive and rational self talk.
How does a student Transfer Practice
transfer golf skills learned
in the cognitive phase to
play on the course in the
intermediate phase?
What would be a Transfer If a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the
Test to determine student to uneven lies.
learning?
What would be a If the student takes a lesson and then practices three
Retention Test to times that week, how will the skill hold up after two
determine learning? weeks with no practice.
According to the 2004 the middle ground between being under challenged
Guadagnoli and Lee study, and over challenged.
what is the optimal
challenge point?
According to the Gentile's Fixation/Diversification Stage
Model what is the second
stage of learning called?
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PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching EXAM (2025)
QUESTIONS AND (elaborated) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Save
Terms in this set (237)
Improvement in golf skill False
performance due to
increased strength and
flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness
program is that learning
has taken place. (T/F)
A common mistake in True
teaching is the
expectation that the
student will be able to
learn a skill from a verbal
suggestion. (T/F)
Cognitive learning is the True
first phase of learning a
student will pass through
when learning a new skill.
(T/F)
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Effectively inhibiting True
unwanted movements is a
characteristic of the
autonomous phase of
learning. (T/F)
Competing movements True
encountered in new skill
learning can cause a
motor program memory
to be forgotten. (T/F)
Students can expect a True
slower rate of learning as
they progress through the
3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F)
Motor learning has taken False
place when the
improvements in skill
technique were caused by
changes in motivation.
(T/F)
3 Phases of Golf Skill 1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3)
Learning Advanced (autonomous)
An internal representation of an event, experience, or
Memory something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
Persistence or durability over time of something
Retention
learned.
A student's improved True
performance by the end
of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has
occurred. (T/F)
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As learning takes place Improvement, consistency, persistence, adaptability
there are 4 performance
characteristics observed.
What are they?
According to the True
Challenge Point
Framework, the level of
difficulty should be
increased as a player
improves or becomes
familiar with how swing
movements feel. (T/F)
Changes in performance False
that result from increased
motivation are suitable as
evidence for learning?
(T/F)
One-minute is about the True
short term memory
storage capacity for new
cognitive information
before it is lost due to
inattention? (T/F)
Performance production True
measures are the result of
the movement. (T/F)
Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural
Intrinsic Feedback
consequence of the performed skill.
Received from a source external to the performer that
Augmented Feedback
supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: Observable Behavior
Learning is not: Observable Behavior
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What is an indication that When a relatively permanent change in performance
learning has occurred? has occurred.
simply focus on what happens as a result of the
Outcome Measures
movement.
What happens to the The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack
student in the early phase confidence, and fear of failure.
of golf skill learning?
1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or correction,
What should instructors
2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
teach their students in the
students to exercise patience in learning and 4)
early learning phase?
Encourage positive and rational self talk.
How does a student Transfer Practice
transfer golf skills learned
in the cognitive phase to
play on the course in the
intermediate phase?
What would be a Transfer If a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the
Test to determine student to uneven lies.
learning?
What would be a If the student takes a lesson and then practices three
Retention Test to times that week, how will the skill hold up after two
determine learning? weeks with no practice.
According to the 2004 the middle ground between being under challenged
Guadagnoli and Lee study, and over challenged.
what is the optimal
challenge point?
According to the Gentile's Fixation/Diversification Stage
Model what is the second
stage of learning called?
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