KIN 315
Fall 2009
Motor Learning
Second Exam Key
PART I:
MULTIPLE CHOICE and TRUE/FALSE
Note that different forms of this test were administered, with the same questions arranged in different
orders. Also, in a few cases, multiple answers were accepted as correct, but the answers indicated here are
the best of the choices.
1.
With no practice or rehearsal of newly presented information, the capacity limit of working
memory is ________ items.
5 to 9
2.
If you are asked to demonstrate how you tie your shoes, you base your demonstration on
knowledge that is stored in long-term memory in the
procedural memory system.
3.
In a memory experiment, when information
not
to be recalled is presented
after
information to be
recalled, the experiment is designed to test the effect of
retroactive interference.
4.
The most commonly accepted reason serial discrete motor skills seem to be forgotten more quickly
than continuous motor skills is that serial discrete motor skills are
largely verbal.
5.
When the context characteristics of the presentation and recall conditions in a memory test are
considered, memory performance will
be better the more similar the two contexts.
6.
The advantage of fast and accurate visual search while performing a motor skill is that visual
search enables the performer to
anticipate the action required.
7.
Which of the following effects best describe the results of research concerning the effectiveness of
general visual training programs for athletes? These programs
provide little benefit in terms of performance improvement.
8.
Studies comparing experts and novices in motor skill performance show that
experts focus only on certain aspects of the visual cues
9.The study of attention as it relates to the learning and performance of motor skills involves issues related to the simultaneous performance of multiple activities and the selection of relevant information in the performance environment.
10.Attention focused on one’s own movements typically leads to better skill performance than attention focused on the intended outcome of the skill.
