KPE160 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

KPE160 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Why study Motor Behaviour? - Answer- Movement is fundamental to: - teaching, coaching, learning - human factors - diagnosis / rehabilitization of neural or muscular disorders Human Nervous System - Answer- Central Nervous System (CNS) & Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) Motor Behaviour - Answer- - divided into Motor Control, Motor Learning, Motor Development - interconnected Motor Control - Answer- - study of cognitive and CNS mechanism underlying movement - Goal: to understand the cognitive and neural processes involved in planning and execution of actions Motor Learning - Answer- - study of mechanisms involved in acquiring and improving motor skills - Goal: to understand the processes associated with practice that lead to relatively permanent change in capability for movement Motor Development - Answer- - study of changes of motor behaviour - Goal: to understand the processes and factors leading to changes in performance and learning across lifespan Theoretical approaches to understanding movement - Answer- a) Cognitive / Reductionist - function can be derived from understanding characteristics of elements - whole is equal to the sum of the parts b) Complex / Dynamical - function cannot be derived from understanding characteristics of elements - whole is greater than the sum of the parts Research approaches to understanding movement - Answer- Behaviour approach & Neuroscience approach Behaviour approach - Answer- - role of sensory info in influencing action - sensory info used at both conscious & unconscious level Neuroscience approach - Answer- - neural events underlying movement - general activity in brain areas during behaviour - specific activity of neurons in brain area during behaviour Active (endogenous) movement - Answer- - results from muscular contraction - e.g. voluntary movement, reflexes Passive (exogenous) movement - Answer- - results from external forces - e.g. gravity, supporting devices Types of action - Answer- - Reflex action - Voluntary action Reflex action - Answer- - INVOLUNTARY - relatively stereotyped response to specific stimulus - involves specific, unchanging neural network Characteristics of Reflex action - Answer- - short latency - stereotyped - conscious awareness does not precede response