An example of a closed skill is _____ , and an example of an open skill is _____.
a. surfing; tying your shoes b. tying your shoes; playing pat-a-cake c.
surfing; playing pat-a-cake D. PLAYING PAT-A-CAKE; SURFING
Which of the following is an example of a cognitive skill?
a. running b. tying your shoes c. climbing a ladder D. BALANCING A CHECKBOOK
A person who has a very hard time learning to play the piano, but with practice becomes a concert pianist:
a.
has talent but is not an expert b. has talent and has become an expert C. DOES NOT HAVE TALENT BUT HAS BECOME AN EXPERT d. does not have talent and is not an expert
According to the power law of learning, performance during learning:
a. starts slowly, and then rapidly improves B. IMPROVES RAPIDLY AT FIRST, AND THEN SLOWS DOWN c.
improves at a steady rate d. improves rapidly at first and then declines
Which of the following is true?
a. massed practice is more effective than spaced practice for long-term retention b. constant practice is more effective than variable practice overall c. massed practice requires less total practice time than spaced practice D.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER CONSTANT PRACTICE IS MORE EFFECTIVE
If a teenager is driven from home to school, he may learn the route without consciously trying to do so. This is an example of:
a. massed practice B. IMPLICIT LEARNING c.
skill decay d. the power law of learning
Which of the following is true regarding skill decay?
A. IT CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF INTERFERENCE FROM NEWER SKILLS b. it happens more for perceptual-motor skills than for cognitive skills c. it occurs at a fairly steady rate d. there is less decay if multiple skills are practiced on the same day
Suppose a baby learns to eat using a spoon.
According to the idea of transfer specificity, which of the following would she have the easiest time learning?
A. EATING WITH A SLIGHTLY LARRGER SPOONb. eating with a fork c. cutting her food with a knife d. drinking from a cup
Imagine a ballerina who has performed a particular ballet so many times that she doesn't even need to think about the movements anymore.
She has developed:
a. apraxia b. an open skill C. A MOTOR PROGRAM d. talent
A teenager who is just learning to drive a car needs to listen carefully to all of the steps involved as his instructor is telling him..
Which stage of skill acquisition is the teenager is?
A. COGNITIVE STAGE b. associative stage c. autonomous stage d.
expert stage
The basal ganglia:
a. are especially important for performing skills that require precise timing B. ARE ACTIVE WHEN PEOPLE LEARN COGNITIVE SKILLS c. send most of their output to the spinal cord d.
are mainly involved in controlling complex actions
Which of the following is true regarding the cerebral cortex?
a. animals without much cerebral cortex cannot learn perceptual-motor tasks B. PRACTICING A PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR SKILL LEADS TO INCREASED CORTICAL ACTIVITY c. practicing a skill leads to a decrease in the amount of cortical gray matter d.
it is particularly important for tasks that involve tracking a target
The cerebellum is:
A. IMPORTANT FOR LEARNING MOTIONS THAT INVOLVE PRECISE TIMING b. only present in a few species c. particularly important for linking sensory events to motor responses d. involved in performing skills but not in learning them by watching others perform them
People with apraxia:
a. have a genetic disorder b.
have trouble performing perceptual-motor skills, but not cognitive skillsC. HAVE USUALLY SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY OR A STROKE d. do not usually understand the instructions they are given
Which of the following disorders is an inherited disease
a. transcranial deficit b. parkinson's disease C. HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE d.
apraxia
