Motor Learning and Control Concepts and Applications 11th Edition by Richard A Magill – Test Bank

True / False Questions

19. An important distinction between the terms performance and learning is that learning is relatively permanent but performance is temporary.

TRUE

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Topic: Discussion; Performance Distinguished from Learning

20. The assessment of changes in coordination dynamics is one of several ways to assess motor skill learning.

TRUE

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Topic: Discussion; General Performance Characteristics of Skill Learning

21. An important performance characteristic often associated with learning is that the person becomes increasingly more capable of adapting performance of the skill to new performance contexts and situations.

TRUE

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Topic: Discussion; General Performance Characteristics of Skill Learning

22. To graphically represent a performance curve for a performance outcome measure for a series of practice trials, the trials should be displayed on the y-axis.

FALSE

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Topic: Discussion; Learning Assessment Techniques

23. A retention test typically follows a period of time after practice of a skill has ceased.

TRUE

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Topic: Discussion; Learning Assessment Techniques

24. Requiring a person to perform a skill under stressful conditions, which have not been experienced during practice, is an effective way to give a retention test.

FALSE

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Topic: Discussion; Learning Assessment Techniques

25. In the experiment by Lee, Swinnen, and Verschueren, participants practiced an asymmetrical bimanual coordination task that they did not learn to perform in three days of practice.

FALSE

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Topic: Discussion; Learning Assessment Techniques

26. Practice performance provides a reliable means of determining how well a person will perform in a transfer test situation.

FALSE

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Topic: Discussion; Practice Performance May Misrepresent Learning

27. Research evidence has shown that learning continues during a performance plateau.

TRUE

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Topic: Discussion; Practice Performance May Misrepresent Learning