Study Guide Questions Fully Solved
2025-2026 Edition
The "process" by which organisms move from one state to the next - Answer What is
Development?
motor development - Answer Continuous, age-related process of change in movement.
motor learning - Answer Associated with practice or experience
Motor Control - Answer Neural, physical, and behavioral aspects of movement
physical growth - Answer Quantitative increase in size or body mass
physical maturation - Answer qualitative advance in biological makeup; cell, organ, or system
advancement in biochemical composition
Motor Learning - Answer A group of 8-year-old children are learning how to play soccer from
their coach. After 2 weeks of practice, they are able to play a game against a team from a
different county. This example represents _____
Physical Maturation - Answer ______ represents a qualitative advance in a system.
Newell's Model of Constraints - Answer Movements arise from the interactions of the
organism, environment, and the task.
individual - Answer an individuals unique characteristics are an example of _________
constraints (newells model)
structural - Answer An individual's body structure is an example of __________ constraints
(Newells Model)
, environmental - Answer The property of the world outside of the body is an example of
__________ constraints (weather, gender, social cultural)
Sociocultural - Answer Environmental Constraint that deals with body shape, accessibility
physical - Answer Environmental constraint that deals with gravity and natural environment
around you
global; task - Answer Environmental constraints are _____, not _____ specific (laws in the
country, things that affect everyone in the situation)
task - Answer Goals of a movement/activity are examples of a _______ constraint
goals, rules, equipment - Answer Task constraints deal with _____ , _____ , and any
__________ used
k - Answer Go over slide 26 for constraint examples
disabilities - Answer Differences in structural, functional individual constraints (constraints,
not necessarily delay)
process - Answer The "mechanisms" of change
k - Answer look at the different types of studies
developmental - Answer What study would you use if you wanted to find out how change
occurs
maturation - Answer Changes driven by innate factors or a combination of biological factors
neural maturation - Answer Developmental changes as a function of maturational process
through the CNS (biological influence/nature)