- Perception-Action
Perceptual-motor programs can achieve which of the following?
a. remediation of learning disabilities
b. experience in performing skills based on key perceptual characteristics
c. reinforcement of concepts needed for motor and cognitive tasks, such as direction
d. a and c
e. b and c
e. b and c
- Balance and Aging
Which of the following systems is involved in the declining ability to balance with aging?
a. the nervous system, through slowed nerve conduction speed
b. the visual system, through a decline in visual information about the environment
c. the kinesthetic system, through a loss of kinesthetic receptor sensitivity in the lower limbs
d. b and c
e. a, b, and c
e. a, b, and c
- Perception-Action 2
When infants use tools, they generate opportunities for perceptual learning.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Balance and Postural Control
When standing still, the typical older adult (over 60 years) sways more than the typical younger adult.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Balance and Postural Control 2
There is a trend of improved performance on balance tasks throughout childhood and adolescence, and the pattern of improvement is the same for all types of balance tasks.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Balance and Aging 2
Individualized exercise programs stressing strength and balance have been ineffective in reducing the risk of falling in older adults.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Self-Produced Locomotion
Evidence from animal research indicates that self-produced locomotion and the associated perceptual experiences, compared with having the same perceptual experiences through passive movement, are necessary for normal development of visual perception.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Self-Produced Locomotion 2
Research on infants demonstrates that avoidance of heights is linked to self-produced locomotor experience.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Self-Produced Locomotion 3
Infants who are able to detour around a barrier demonstrate spatial perception, and development of spatial perception is facilitated by locomotor experience.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Perception-Action 3
The actions and behaviors permitted by the places, objects, and events in and of an environment are termed ____________.
Affordances
- Balance and Postural Control 3
Balance performance on a variety of tasks improves primarily during which age range?
a. 3 to 6 years
b. 3 to 19 years
c. 7 to 19 years
b. 3 to 19 years
- Balance and Aging 3
As people age, the ability to balance often declines, especially in the elderly population. This decline in the ability to balance is often attributed to the change in only the nervous system.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Brain and Development 3
Select the statement that best reflects the current view regarding brain research in both cognitive and motor tasks.
a. Motor development and cognitive development may be fundamentally intertwined.
b. Motor development and cognitive development are separate and distinct systems.
c. Motor development and cognitive development are probably not related.
d. Motor development and cognitive development occur through essentially the same processes.
a. Motor development and cognitive development may be fundamentally intertwined.
- Perception-Action 5
Animal studies tend to support the notion that movement is ___________ for normal perceptual development.
a. unnecessary
b. counterproductive
c. necessary
c. necessary
- Perception-Action 6
Depth perception does not typically develop until the age of 2.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Perception-Action and Motor Development History 2
Which of the following was a popular theory during the mid-20th century?
a. neurological organizational theory
b. movigenics theory
c. perceptual-motor theory
d. b and c
e. a, b, and c
e. a, b, and c
- Self-Produced Locomotion 5
Which of the following does locomotor experience facilitate?
a. surface texture perception
b. slope perception
c. spatial relationships
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c
e. a, b, and c
- Brain and Development 4
______ and ______ are required to carry out actions.
Perception; Cognition
- Self-Produced Locomotion 6
Actions accomplish which of the following?
a. They provide knowledge.
b. They generate perceptions.
c. They promote social interaction.
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c
e. a, b, and c
- Brain and Development 5
The contemporary view is that the perceptual, cognitive, and action developmental systems are independent of one another.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Perception-Action 7
Tool use depends on the properties of both the tool and the surface or other object the tool is used on.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Balance and Postural Control 4
Both maintenance of quiet stance and maintenance of dynamic balance (during movement) rely on anticipatory postural adjustments.
a. True
b. False
b. False
- Balance and Postural Control 5
New walkers need a year of walking experience before they can use the strategy of taking a step or two to regain balance when threatened to avoid falling.
a. True
b. False
b. False
