Motor Learning and Performance Chapter 1 Book Notes

capacity to control out bodies and the world around us

activities or tasks that require voluntary control over movements of the joints and body segments to achieve a goal

the acquisition of motor skills, the performance enhancement of learned or highly experienced motor skills or the reacquisition of skills that are difficult to perform or cannot be performed because of injury or disease

how our neuromuscular system functions to activate and coordinate the muscles and limbs involved in the performance of a motor skill

human development from infancy to old age with specific interest in issues related to either motor learning or motor control

motor skill, performance environment, physical and psychological characteristics of the person performing the skill

researchers investigate questions by observing and analyzing human behavior as it is affected by the 3 influences

researchers directly or indirectly observe central and peripheral nervous system components as they interact with muscles involved in performing skills

activity or task that has a specific purpose or goal to achieve, indicator of quality of performance

extent to which person can consistently achieve the goal, extent to which person can achieve goal under different conditions assess individuals level of skill and degree of efficiency

understanding the charcteristics of skill and how we become skillful

cause some type of change in the environment or in the persons relation to the enviornment

skill that requires mental activity, decision making problem solving and remembering

goal to achieve, performed voluntarily, requires movement of joints and body segments, need to be learned or relearned

requires movement of joints and body parts to accomplish goal

specific patterns of motion among joints and body segments used to accomplish action goals

component parts of motor skills

one movement pattern could be used to achieve many goals

mechanisms within central and peripheral nervous system and muscular system that control movements and actions

people learn actions when they begin to learn or relearn motor skills, people adapt movement characteristics to achieve a common action goal, people evaluate motor skill performance movements and neuromotor processes with different measures

allows a skill to be classified in terms of which category the skill is more like rather than fitting one exclusively

the primary muscle groups needed to perform the skill

motor skill that requires the use of large musculature to achieve a goal

requires control of small muscles to achieve goal, hand eye coordination, precision with hands and fingers

motor skill involving a series of discrete skills

motor skill with clearly defined movement beginning and end points usually requires a simple movement

motor skill with arbitrary movement beginning and end points, involves repepitive movements

supporting surface, objects, and people involved in enviornent in which a skill is performed

refers to whether the relevant environmental context features are stationary or in motion

motor skill performed in a stationary environment where person determines when to begin the action, self paced

motor skill performed in a moving environment where the feature of the environmental context in motion determines when to begin action

environmental context in which one performs the skill and the function of the action characterizing the skill

classification system organized according to relationships among the component charcteristics of the group of items or objects

features of the environmental context to which movements must conform if they are to achieve the action goal

refers to whether the regulatory conditions associated with the performance of a skill change or stay the same

features of the environmental context that have no influence or only an indirect influence on movement characteristics

determined by deciding whether or not performing a skill involves moving the body from one location to another and whether or not the skill involves holding or using an object

refers to the changing or maintaining of body location

refers to skills that involve no change in body location

refers to skills that require the body to move from one place to another

refers to maintaining or changing the position of an object