Unit 5 Practice variability

Question 1

Practice variability

Answer 1

involves variations of the context and the skill. most often variability of practice enhances motor learning.

Question 2

contextual interference

Answer 2

Contextual interference refers to the disruption in memory and performance that arises when practicing multiple skills or variations within the same practice session, which impairs practice performance but enhances retention and transfer.

Question 3

specificity of learning principle

Answer 3

If your practice exactly matches the performance situation, you’ll usually see strong retention for that specific task.

Question 4

practice variability helps the learner develop

Answer 4

1. Performance improvements
2. Adaptability
3. Persistence

Question 5

constant practice

Answer 5

practicing one variation of a skill

Question 6

variable practice

Answer 6

practicing several variations of a skill

Question 7

blocked practice

Answer 7

Blocked practice is a practice schedule in which one skill or one variation of a skill is practiced repeatedly before moving on to another skill or variation.

Question 8

what is contextual interference caused by

Answer 8

practice variability

Question 9

Elaboration Hypothesis

Answer 9

It proposes that practice variability improves learning because it causes learners to create more elaborate and distinctive memory representations of the skill(s) by comparing tasks during practice.

youll have more memory and retrieval strategies as well as greater number of different movement strategies

intra and inter task

Question 10

intra task

Answer 10

Intra-task: same task compared over different attempts

Question 11

intertask

Answer 11

Inter-task: different tasks compared over different attempts