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The belief that our destiny is in our genes is the ____ barrier to change. - Answer Indifference and helplessness Determine the recommended weight of 30 year old female with a percent body fat of 28%, a body weight of 150 pounds, and the desire to have a percent body fat of 21%. - Answer 150(BW) x .28(fat %) = 42(FW) 150(BW) - 42(FW) = 108(LBM) 108(LBM)/(1.0 - .21(desired)) = 136.7 lbs A weakness of height-weight tables is the inability to discriminate between lean and fat weight.H...

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8 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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What is the Cerebellum? - Answer - "little brain" - located inferior to Occipital lobe and posterior to brainstem - contains over half the neurons in the brain What are the 3 regions of the Cerebellum? - Answer 1) SPINOcerebellum = brain stem/spinal cord => Motor execution 2) CEREBROcerebellum = motor cortex => Motor planning 3) VESTIBULOcerebellum = vestibular system => Balance What are the Functions of Cerebellum? - Answer - acts as a comparator during movem...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

COCOSOLUTIONS

You can choose from many different activities to promote fitness... - Answer Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type Choices of Aerobic Activity - Answer - Walking - Gardening/yard work - Strength training - Stretching exercises - Cycling (road or stationery) - Jogging - Elliptical - Aerobics - Basketball - Swimming - Golf Aerobics & different types - Answer Is a series of exercise routines performed to music. High intensity, low-impact activity. - High-impact aerobics ...

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23 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Ataxia - Answer movement is not coordinated, jerky, and inaccurate, asynergy = loss of coordination Limb Ataxia - Answer dysmetria, errors in range and direction of movement Disdiadochokinesia - Answer errors in rate and regularity of movement- irregular pattern when performing alternating movements Trunk Ataxia - Answer difficulty maintaining standing balance; poor balance responses: when knocked off balance corrective responses are hypermetric (not scaled to size of pertur...

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4 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Attention - Answer Ability to selectively process simultaneous source information Selective Attention - Answer Ability to screen and process relevant information when screening irrelevant information. Limitation of information processing resources. Divided Attention - Answer Inability to do several task at the same time. Limited availability of attention resources. We can perform several task at the same time as long it doesn't surpass our attention capacity limits. If limits a...

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8 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Degrees of Freedom - Answer Independent components of a control system and the number of ways each component can act. Open-loop control - Answer A type of control that involves the use of centrally determined, prestructured commands sent to the effector system and run off without feedback; used by individuals to control rapid, discrete movements Closed-loop control - Answer A type of control that involves the use of feedback and the activity of error detection and correction proce...

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5 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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motor learning - Answer Integration of motor control processes through practice and experience, leading to a relatively permanent change in the capacity to produce skilled movements. nueral plasticity - Answer The ability for neurons to respond to stimuli Short term functional plasticity - Answer changes in the strength of synaptic connections between nerve cells structural plasticity - Answer The brain's ability to change its physical structure in response to learning, a...

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11 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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