KPE 160 Final Uoft Exam With Questions And Answers
Sub divisions of motor behaviour - Motor control, motor learning, motor development
Goal of motor control - to understand the set of cognitive and neural processes involved
with the planning and execution of individual actions.
Goal of motor learning-to understand the set of challenges and the process of improving
and perfecting a performance.
Motor development goal-response to understand the set of processes and factors
leading to changes in performance and learning across the lifespan
Cognitive/Reductionist approach-Response functions can be derived from
understanding the characteristics of the elements
Complex/Dynamical systems approach-Response functions cannot be derived from
understanding the characteristics of the elements, but rather the whole system
Information processing approach of reductionism - Answer the focus is on the manner in
which stimulus information is used to bring about behaviour
Neuroscience approach of reductionism - Answer the focus is on the neural events
underlying movement
Active/endogenous movement - Answer movement resulting from muscular
contractions
Passive/exogenous movement - Answer movement resulting from forces that are
, external to the body
Reflex action (motor responses) - Answer involuntary and relatively stereotyped
responses to specific stimuli — the result of a specific, unchanging neural network
Characteristics of reflex action - Answer short latency, generalized/stereotyped,
conscious awareness does not precede response involuntarily, response is generally
determined by stimulus, innate
Voluntary action (motor responses) - Answer a response resulting from higher order
processing — the result of a flexible and variable neural network
-Characteristics of voluntary action longer latency, adaptable/able to be novel,
conscious awareness precedes response, voluntary, responses are related to but not
determined by stimuli, learned
Motor skills a behaviour for which the primary determinant is the quality of the
movement that the performer produces
Task perspective of motor skills size of muscle groups, task organisation, importance of
cognitive and motor involvement, predictability of environment
Types of motor group classification- Answergross, fine, mixed
Types of task organization classification- Answerdiscrete, serial, continuous
Types of cognitive/motor involvement classification- Answercognitive, motor
Types of environmental predictability classification- Answerclosed, open
Sub divisions of motor behaviour - Motor control, motor learning, motor development
Goal of motor control - to understand the set of cognitive and neural processes involved
with the planning and execution of individual actions.
Goal of motor learning-to understand the set of challenges and the process of improving
and perfecting a performance.
Motor development goal-response to understand the set of processes and factors
leading to changes in performance and learning across the lifespan
Cognitive/Reductionist approach-Response functions can be derived from
understanding the characteristics of the elements
Complex/Dynamical systems approach-Response functions cannot be derived from
understanding the characteristics of the elements, but rather the whole system
Information processing approach of reductionism - Answer the focus is on the manner in
which stimulus information is used to bring about behaviour
Neuroscience approach of reductionism - Answer the focus is on the neural events
underlying movement
Active/endogenous movement - Answer movement resulting from muscular
contractions
Passive/exogenous movement - Answer movement resulting from forces that are
, external to the body
Reflex action (motor responses) - Answer involuntary and relatively stereotyped
responses to specific stimuli — the result of a specific, unchanging neural network
Characteristics of reflex action - Answer short latency, generalized/stereotyped,
conscious awareness does not precede response involuntarily, response is generally
determined by stimulus, innate
Voluntary action (motor responses) - Answer a response resulting from higher order
processing — the result of a flexible and variable neural network
-Characteristics of voluntary action longer latency, adaptable/able to be novel,
conscious awareness precedes response, voluntary, responses are related to but not
determined by stimuli, learned
Motor skills a behaviour for which the primary determinant is the quality of the
movement that the performer produces
Task perspective of motor skills size of muscle groups, task organisation, importance of
cognitive and motor involvement, predictability of environment
Types of motor group classification- Answergross, fine, mixed
Types of task organization classification- Answerdiscrete, serial, continuous
Types of cognitive/motor involvement classification- Answercognitive, motor
Types of environmental predictability classification- Answerclosed, open
