Memory and Vision
Attention, Arousal, Visual Search
General Motor Program
Dynamical Systems Theory
The Learning Experience
100

Information in long term memory that serves as a type of blueprint to help a person know ‘how to’ do some task or skill that you cannot easily explain step by step. Your body just instantly knows what to do. This is known as _______.

Procedural memory

100

Which of the following attention-related concepts is essential to apply to the delivery of verbal instruction about how to perform a motor skill?

- Limited attention capacity

- Attention switching

- Attentional spotlight

- None of these

Limited attention capacity

100

The part of a Generalized Motor Program that distinguishes one action from another and does not change even when a parameter is changed

Invariant Feature

100

Societal expectations are an example of what type of constraint?

Environmental

100

The cause of the performance plateau


a.is adaptation

b.is a transition from one stage of learning to a second stage of learning

c.is a lack of motivation or fatigue

d.All of the above

D

200

________________ memory represents memory for personal experiences. 


This is under the category of Which long term - memory? 

Episodic, Declarative

200

According to Easterbrook’s cue-utilization theory, low arousal results in?

Broad attentional field

200

A ______  is a rule or set of rules stored in the CNS that serves to provide the basis for a decision

Schema

200

According to the Dynamic System Theory, deep attractor basins are characteristic of what type of behavior?

Stable behavior

200

In the two-stage model of learning, learner’s goal is to refine the skill during closed skills through _____


Fixation 

300

Memories are improved if you are in the same location or physical environment is known as... ?

Context dependent memory effects

300

A type of attentional focus on the outcome of your actions on the environment and is more effective for learning is:

External focus

300

Which of the following is NOT considered a parameter?

- Limb selection

- Duration

- Force

- Relative timing

Relative timing

300

The learning approach of purposeful manipulation of key aspects of the task, environment, or individual in an effort to acquire movement skills and decision-making behaviors is known as:

Constraint-based learning

300

A patient is pre- and post- tested on his execution of a sit to stand transfer. Following the post-test, the patient is then tested on his ability to perform the sit to stand transfer from a novel chair height. This latter test is called a ________ to evaluate the performance characteristics of _________.

Transfer; Adaptability 

400

The___________ is with short-term storage of spoken and written material

Phonological loop

400

Which of the following example uses a narrow-internal attentional focus?

- Point guard getting the play from the sidelines and going over the strategy

- Surveying the defense to see who’s open

- Quarterback receiving ball from center

- Recognizing anxiety and taking a breath to relax

Recognizing anxiety and taking a breath to relax

400

In the handwriting example from the GMP lecture, an individual was able to write the same sentence using different body parts (e.g., hand, foot, or mouth). This occurs because the same ______________ is being used, while the parameter of ______________ are adjusted by the schema to fit the effector system.

generalized motor program; variations in muscles and limbs

400

T or F : Constraints are both limiting and enabling

 True 

400

Which performance curve represent slight improvement in early learning, but a substantial increase later in performance?

negative 

500

The visual system that a mountain biker primarily uses to detect and track the rider ahead while also navigating a winding trail is the:  

Ambient vision system

500

Final fixation on a specific target or object before initiating movement is called ______? 

AND Do experts maintain longer or shorter fixation of this visual strategy? 

Quiet eye, longer

500

In the EMG example from class,                 

It provides evidence that _____________ stays consistent across different versions of the same movement.


Relative timing

500

Disease is what type of constraint?

Individual

500

Which learning stage is focused on refinement where movements are smoother, errors are fewer, and learners are more aware of what they’re doing

Associative 

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