Which root of the spinal nerve is afferent? - Answers dorsal root
When the antagonist muscle is inhibited while the agonist muscle contracts, it is called: -
Answers reciprocal inhibition
Which type of neurons transmit information away from the CNS? - Answers motor neurons
What part of the brain controls respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure? - Answers medulla
oblongata
In which lobes of the brain are the primary visual? - Answers occipital lobe
In which lobes of the brain are the primary motor? - Answers frontal lobe
In which lobes of the brain are primary sensory cortices located? - Answers parietal lobe
Throwing a dart at a dart board would be considered a tracking task - true or false? - Answers
false
What are the three sub-disciplines within the general discipline of motor behavior? - Answers
motor learning, motor control, and motor development
Between discrete and continuous skills, which are generally longer in duration? - Answers
continuos skills
Explain the 2 ways the term "skill" can be conceptualized - Answers motor and cognitive skills
The gap in men's and women's world record performances in track and field, swimming, cycling,
and speed skating has been stable (about 10%) since what year? - Answers 1983
What is the name given to the scientific approach used to study individual differences? -
Answers differential psychology
What is the correlation coefficient between IQ score and motor coordination in children? -
Answers children with a lower IQ score show more poorer performance skill
Which of these 2 theories concerning human motor abilities is more recent?
General Motor Ability
Specificity Hypothesis - Answers General Motor Ability
Who is responsible for your abilities? - Answers your parents
What correlation coefficient indicates no association whatsoever between variables - Answers 0
The ___________ of a correlation determines the extent to which the correlation can be used to