Chapter 1 (Book) PML

the study of the processes involved in acquiring and refining motor skills and of variables that promote or inhibit that acquisition

a relatively permanent change in a person's ability to execute a motor skill as a result of practice or experience

the act of executing a skill

a goal-oriented act or task that requires voluntary body and or limb movement and must be learned

model into which skills are classified

a motor skill involving very precise movements normally accomplished using smaller musculature

a motor skills that places less emphasis on precision and is typically the result of multi-limb movements

a skill whose beginning and end points are clearly defined

a skill whose beginning and end points are either arbitrary or determined by some environmental factor rather than by the task itself

a motor skill that is composed of a number of discrete skills whose integrated performance is crucial for goal achievement

skills performed within a stable and predictable environment, allowing the performer to control the performance situation

a motor skill that is performed in an unpredictable, ever-changing environment

environmental factors that specify the movement characteristics necessary to perform a skill successfully

relatively stable and enduring characteristics that make each of us unique

a genetic trait that is prerequisite to the development of skill proficiency

the hypothesis that individuals inherit a large number of motor abilities and inheritance of each ability is independent of the others

the breaking down of a skill into its component parts and corresponding underlying abilities