Unit 3

Question 1

The amount of contextual interference in a practice situation can be considered as a continuum ranging from low to high created by the practice schedule. Which practice schedule describes a low to high continuum?

Answer 1

Blocked-serial-random

Question 2

T/F: a schedule that organizes the practice of several skill variations in a serial order is an example of a practice schedule that involves a low amount of contextual interference

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When different levels of contextual interference during motor skill practice are compared, results typically show…

Answer 3

a low contextual interference schedule is better for practice performance

Question 4

Hall and colleagues demonstrated that contextual interference is…

Answer 4

applicable to skilled performers

Question 5

T/F: the term practice variability refers to the variety of movement and context characteristics the learner experiences while practicing a skill

Answer 5

true

Question 6

What kind of situation would not support the specificity practice hypothesis?

Answer 6

the practice schedules used to practice multiple variations of a skill

Question 7

T/F: an individual is in the initial stage of learning is making many errors. They are unaware of their errors and are not adjusting their movements. The fact that they are not engaged in error detection does not matter.

Answer 7

false

Question 8

when a person experiences a practice condition where the likelihood of making errors early in practice is high, transfer performance…

Answer 8

is better than that of a practice condition that kept errors to a minimum

Question 9

What is one reason why the increase in errors caused by higher levels of contextual interference may be positive for learnign

Answer 9

making more errors enhances the capability to detect and correct said errors

Question 10

practice schedule A involves 2 1-hour sessions on 3 dayle B involves 1 hour practice session on each of 6 days. Scenario A would be

Answer 10

massed practice

Question 11

For the US army soldiers assembly of a machine gun, the immediate and refresher overtraining yielded similar retention results. They recommended the use of the … procedure

Answer 11

immediate

Question 12

T/F: in the longman and baddeley which involved the training of postal workers to perform a keyboarding skill, demonstrated that distributed practice is better for learning than massed practice when it applies to length and distribution of practice sessions

Answer 12

true

Question 13

baddeley and longman compared various massed and distributed training schedules for training postal workers and found the worst schedule for learners to be

Answer 13

2-hour sessions twice a day for 3 weeks

Question 14

In the research study involving fifth grade students who were learning a football skill, a comparison of a teacher or learner rotated practice formats showed that the – format led to better learning

Answer 14

learner rotated

Question 15

T/F: the results from the Dail and Christina experiment in which novice golfers practiced putting, the massed practice group predicted their retention test performance during practice

Answer 15

false

Question 16

Raoul practiced a skill for 30 seconds, and then rested for 5 seconds. scarlett practiced the same skill for 30 seconds and rested for 40 seconds. What describes their practice schedules

Answer 16

Raoul’s practice is massed. Scarlett’s is distributed

Question 17

T/F: sleep improves memory consolidation processes which may be one reason why distributing practice sessions is more successful than massing practice

Answer 17

true

Question 18

T/F: when the study of practice distribution r efers to the length of the intertrial interval during a practice session, there is general agreement about the definitions of the terms massed and distributed

Answer 18

false

Question 19

The experiment by Shea and Kohl found that for learning a task that required the participants to use a specific amount of ===, overlearning resulted in poor test perfomrance than less practice

Answer 19

force

Question 20

Whole practice is recommended for skills that are…

Answer 20

low in complexity and high in organization

Question 21

T/F: if a motor skill is characterized by a low level of organization, the component parts of the skill are spatially and temporally interdependent

Answer 21

false

Question 22

A progressive part method of practicing a skill has also been called a ______ method of part task training

Answer 22

segmentation

Question 23

Who does the term task complexity refer to

Answer 23

the number of components in a skill

Question 24

T/F: when the term complexity is used to refer a motor skill characteristic it is synonymous with difficulty

Answer 24

false

Question 25

the part practice strategy that seems especially applicable to helping a person learn an asymmetric bimanual coordination is the _____ method

Answer 25

fractionization

Question 26

What does task organization refer to in the motor skills context?

Answer 26

The spatial-temporal relationships among the parts of the task

Question 27

T/F: a basketball player is learning how to dribble and block an opponent at the same time, an asymmetrical bimanual skill. the best way to practice would be through using a fractionization technique

Answer 27

true

Question 28

A motor skill that is low organization and high complexity should be practiced by th e______method

Answer 28

part

Question 29

T/F: a skill such as twisting a lid on a jar is an example of an asymmetric bimanual coordination skill that would benefit from the simplification part practice strategy

Answer 29

false