MOTOR LEARNING EXAM 3 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
True - ANS Research has shown that beginners who observe other beginners practicing a skill
will perform at a higher level when they begin to perform the skill than the beginners they
observed.
false - ANS Mirror neurons are a specific class of visuomotor neurons in the brain which are
activated when observing demonstrations. They provide a neural basis for observational
learning.
false - ANS An experiment by Green and Flowers, which had participants learn a computer-
based catching task, showed that explicit verbal instructions about the rules underlying the
movement of the ball were better for learning the skill than instructions that established a
discovery learning situation.
attention - ANS It is important that the verbal instructions given to a beginner should not
exceed that person's limited ________ capacity to attend to information.
more on the repeated segment than the two random segments, and reported they were not
aware that one segment was the same on every trial, thus demonstrating implicit learning. -
ANS In an experiment by Magill, Schoenfelder-Zhondi, and Hall, participants manually
tracked a complex pattern that consisted of two segments that were random patterns on every
trial and one segment that was the same every trial. The results showed that the participants
improved:
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, visual model was not as effective as the auditory model was. - ANS Research that has
compared the use of visual and auditory models on learning to move in a certain criterion
movement time or rhythm has shown that the:
point-light technique - ANS A procedure that some researchers use to investigate the
question of what an observer perceives when observing a demonstration is known as the:
more frequency is generally better than less frequency - ANS Research investigating the
influence of the frequency of demonstrating a skill has shown that:
both beginners and skilled performers - ANS Verbal cues said out loud while a person is
learning or performing a skill can help:
hindered learning. - ANS Which of the following describes the results of research on the use
of verbal instructions that direct attention to specific movement components of a skill? The
instructions:
true - ANS The short-term benefit derived from using demonstrations could be outweighed
by the long-term negative consequence of making the learner a less effective problem solver.
true - ANS When learners are able to self-select when they receive a demonstration, they
tend to request demonstrations very infrequently.
true - ANS Verbal instructions that direct the performer's attention to the intended
movement outcomes will lead to better learning and performance than instructions that direct
attention to the movements used to perform the skill.
obsevational - ANS A term that has been used to describe the type of learning involved when
a visual model is used to demonstrate a skill is ________ learning.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
True - ANS Research has shown that beginners who observe other beginners practicing a skill
will perform at a higher level when they begin to perform the skill than the beginners they
observed.
false - ANS Mirror neurons are a specific class of visuomotor neurons in the brain which are
activated when observing demonstrations. They provide a neural basis for observational
learning.
false - ANS An experiment by Green and Flowers, which had participants learn a computer-
based catching task, showed that explicit verbal instructions about the rules underlying the
movement of the ball were better for learning the skill than instructions that established a
discovery learning situation.
attention - ANS It is important that the verbal instructions given to a beginner should not
exceed that person's limited ________ capacity to attend to information.
more on the repeated segment than the two random segments, and reported they were not
aware that one segment was the same on every trial, thus demonstrating implicit learning. -
ANS In an experiment by Magill, Schoenfelder-Zhondi, and Hall, participants manually
tracked a complex pattern that consisted of two segments that were random patterns on every
trial and one segment that was the same every trial. The results showed that the participants
improved:
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, visual model was not as effective as the auditory model was. - ANS Research that has
compared the use of visual and auditory models on learning to move in a certain criterion
movement time or rhythm has shown that the:
point-light technique - ANS A procedure that some researchers use to investigate the
question of what an observer perceives when observing a demonstration is known as the:
more frequency is generally better than less frequency - ANS Research investigating the
influence of the frequency of demonstrating a skill has shown that:
both beginners and skilled performers - ANS Verbal cues said out loud while a person is
learning or performing a skill can help:
hindered learning. - ANS Which of the following describes the results of research on the use
of verbal instructions that direct attention to specific movement components of a skill? The
instructions:
true - ANS The short-term benefit derived from using demonstrations could be outweighed
by the long-term negative consequence of making the learner a less effective problem solver.
true - ANS When learners are able to self-select when they receive a demonstration, they
tend to request demonstrations very infrequently.
true - ANS Verbal instructions that direct the performer's attention to the intended
movement outcomes will lead to better learning and performance than instructions that direct
attention to the movements used to perform the skill.
obsevational - ANS A term that has been used to describe the type of learning involved when
a visual model is used to demonstrate a skill is ________ learning.
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