Chapter 1
This is an umbrella term for motor learning, motor control and motor development.
What is motor behavior?
This control system is used for rapid and discrete activities that do not provide the opportunity to make online corrections based on feedback received during the movement.
What is "Open-loop Control"?
Reaction time increases at a constant rate with number of stimulus responses.
What is Hick's Law?
These are the learned ability to bring about predetermined results with maximal certainty, often with a minimum outlay of time or energy.
What are "skills"?
This term is used to describe the underlying mechanism when assessing motor competence.
What is process?
This theory characterizes movement as a self-organizing process in which patterns emerge spontaneously.
What is "Dynamic Systems Theory"?
______________ is the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the initiation of a motor response
What is Reaction Time?
This is a delay that occurs when two stimuli that each require a different response are presented in quick succession.
What is the "Psychological Refractory Period"?
A representation of a pattern of movements that is modifiable to produce a movement outcome.
What is a "Generalized Motor Program"?
According to this model, people choose movement patterns based on the interaction of the individual/organism, task, and environment.
What is the "Constraints Model"?
This is a negative emotional state in which feelings of nervousness, worry, and apprehension are associated with activation or arousal of the body
What is Anxiety?
These skills are the foundation for activities that require much more complicated sport-specific motor skills.
What are "Fundamental Motor Skills"?
This term is the number of independent elements that must be constrained to produce coordinated motion.
What are Degrees of Freedom?
This is a preferred state of stability towards which a system spontaneously shifts.
What is an "Attractor State"?
This hypothesis represents the relationship between arousal and performance.
What is the "Inverted-U Hypothesis"?
The hypothesis that specific abilities are necessary to perform each motor skill proficiently.
What is the specificity hypothesis?