Motor Learning 7-12 (Answered) Complete
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Fitts' Law specifies that performance will show a speed-accuracy trade-off in a
rapid manual aiming task according to the relationship between which two
characteristics of the task?
A.Distance to move and target size
B.Distance to move and movement speed
C.Target size and movement speed
D.Target size and type of target
Distance to move and target size
The Index of Difficulty (ID) that can be derived from Fitts' law demonstrates that
the same task can have various levels of difficulty and the same amount of:
A.Movement speed
B.Response choices
C. Complexity
D.Performance variability
Complexity
One of the current views of how we control prehension is that the transport and
grasp phases function:
A. as one unit
B. synergistically
C. as two motor programs
D.independently
synergistically
When you reach to grasp an object, which of the folllowing describes when the
fingers begin to close?
A. At a consistent percentage of the total movement time
B. at a point that depends on the total movement time
C.at a point nust before contact with the obect
D. at contact with the object
at a consistent percentage of the total movement time
Consider the following two prehension situations: a person reaches to pick up a
cup to: (a) drink from it; (b) move it to a different location on the table. The
kinematic characteristics of the transport phase for these two situations would:
A. be similar
B. Be different
C. depend on the color of the cup
D. not be predictable
,Be different
Because we can write our signature relatively legibly with a pen held by either
hand, either foot, or even by our teeth, researchers often describe handwriting as
a good example of Bernstein's concept of motor:
A. Programs
B. Equivalence
C. Independence
D. COmplexity
Equivalence
In a two-hand aiming task in which the right hand must move to a target that has
an ID of 4, and the left hand must simultaneously move to a target that has an ID
of 2, when will each hand arrive at the target?
A. The right hand will arrive much earlier than the left hand
B. The left hand will arrive much earlier than the right hand
C. The two hands will arrive at approximately the same time
D. The preferred hand will arrive first regardless of the ID
The two hands will arrive at approximately the same time.
Which of the following statements reflects the appropriate view of the spatial and
temporal control underlying the performance of an asymmetric bimanual action?
A.
The two arms prefer to move independently of each other
B.
The two arms prefer to move together as one unit
C.
The preferred arm always dominates the other arm
D.
The two arms cannot perform an asymmetric bimanual action
The two arms prefer to move together as one unite
The playing of a guitar is a good example of performing:
A.An asymmetric bimanual skill
B.A symmetric bimanual skill
C.A prehension skill
D.A manual aiming skill
An asymmetric bimanual skill
From the dynamical systems perspective, the tendency for the two arms to prefer
to move in tight spatial and temporal synchrony is the result of:
, A.A single generalized motor program
B.Two separate motor programs
C.An attractor
D.Motor equivalence
an attractor
When participants cannot see their hands during catching they typically make:
A.No errors in catching
B.Hand positioning errors
C.Grasping errors
D.An equal number of hand positioning and grasping errors
Hand positioning errors
What do baseball batters tend to adjust relative to the oncoming speed of the
pitch?
A.When they initiate their step forward
B.When they initiate their swing
C.The speed of their swing
D.The length of their swing
When they initiate their swing
Research with highly skilled long jumpers reveals that the jumpers:
A.Have remarkably consistent strides during their run up
B.Show large inconsistencies in their strides at the beginning of the run up
C.Show large inconsistencies in their last few strides before take off
D.Show large inconsistencies throughout the entire run up
Show large inconsitencies in their last few strides before take off
The rhythmic structure of the movements involved in gait can be observed
A.Only in leg movements
B.Only in arm movements
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Fitts' Law specifies that performance will show a speed-accuracy trade-off in a
rapid manual aiming task according to the relationship between which two
characteristics of the task?
A.Distance to move and target size
B.Distance to move and movement speed
C.Target size and movement speed
D.Target size and type of target
Distance to move and target size
The Index of Difficulty (ID) that can be derived from Fitts' law demonstrates that
the same task can have various levels of difficulty and the same amount of:
A.Movement speed
B.Response choices
C. Complexity
D.Performance variability
Complexity
One of the current views of how we control prehension is that the transport and
grasp phases function:
A. as one unit
B. synergistically
C. as two motor programs
D.independently
synergistically
When you reach to grasp an object, which of the folllowing describes when the
fingers begin to close?
A. At a consistent percentage of the total movement time
B. at a point that depends on the total movement time
C.at a point nust before contact with the obect
D. at contact with the object
at a consistent percentage of the total movement time
Consider the following two prehension situations: a person reaches to pick up a
cup to: (a) drink from it; (b) move it to a different location on the table. The
kinematic characteristics of the transport phase for these two situations would:
A. be similar
B. Be different
C. depend on the color of the cup
D. not be predictable
,Be different
Because we can write our signature relatively legibly with a pen held by either
hand, either foot, or even by our teeth, researchers often describe handwriting as
a good example of Bernstein's concept of motor:
A. Programs
B. Equivalence
C. Independence
D. COmplexity
Equivalence
In a two-hand aiming task in which the right hand must move to a target that has
an ID of 4, and the left hand must simultaneously move to a target that has an ID
of 2, when will each hand arrive at the target?
A. The right hand will arrive much earlier than the left hand
B. The left hand will arrive much earlier than the right hand
C. The two hands will arrive at approximately the same time
D. The preferred hand will arrive first regardless of the ID
The two hands will arrive at approximately the same time.
Which of the following statements reflects the appropriate view of the spatial and
temporal control underlying the performance of an asymmetric bimanual action?
A.
The two arms prefer to move independently of each other
B.
The two arms prefer to move together as one unit
C.
The preferred arm always dominates the other arm
D.
The two arms cannot perform an asymmetric bimanual action
The two arms prefer to move together as one unite
The playing of a guitar is a good example of performing:
A.An asymmetric bimanual skill
B.A symmetric bimanual skill
C.A prehension skill
D.A manual aiming skill
An asymmetric bimanual skill
From the dynamical systems perspective, the tendency for the two arms to prefer
to move in tight spatial and temporal synchrony is the result of:
, A.A single generalized motor program
B.Two separate motor programs
C.An attractor
D.Motor equivalence
an attractor
When participants cannot see their hands during catching they typically make:
A.No errors in catching
B.Hand positioning errors
C.Grasping errors
D.An equal number of hand positioning and grasping errors
Hand positioning errors
What do baseball batters tend to adjust relative to the oncoming speed of the
pitch?
A.When they initiate their step forward
B.When they initiate their swing
C.The speed of their swing
D.The length of their swing
When they initiate their swing
Research with highly skilled long jumpers reveals that the jumpers:
A.Have remarkably consistent strides during their run up
B.Show large inconsistencies in their strides at the beginning of the run up
C.Show large inconsistencies in their last few strides before take off
D.Show large inconsistencies throughout the entire run up
Show large inconsitencies in their last few strides before take off
The rhythmic structure of the movements involved in gait can be observed
A.Only in leg movements
B.Only in arm movements
