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Skill Acquisition

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a skill?

(a)  

2.

What is the abbreviation for the characteristics of skill?

a)

ACEFACE

b)

EATCAKE

c)

BETMAKE

d)

ATEDATE

3.

What is an open skill?

(a)  

4.

What is a closed skill?

(a)  

5.

What is a gross skill?

(a)  

6.

What is a fine skill?

(a)  

7.

What is a self-paced skill?

(a)  

8.

What is an externally-paced skill?

(a)  

9.

What is a highly organised skill?

(a)  

10.

What is a low organised skill?

(a)  

11.

What is a discrete skill?

(a)  

12.

What is a serial skill?

(a)  

13.

What is a continuous skill?

(a)  

14.

What is a simple skill?

(a)  

15.

What is a complex skill?

(a)  

16.

What is positive transfer?

(a)  

17.

What is negative transfer?

(a)  

18.

What is zero transfer?

(a)  

19.

What is bilateral transfer?

(a)  

20.

What is the order of the stages of learning?

(a)  

21.

Characteristics of the cognitive stage of learning

a)

performer has to think carefully about their actions

b)

performer may use extrinsic feedback

c)

movements are often slow and uncoordinated

d)

motor programmes are not yet developed

22.

Characteristics of the associative stage of learning

a)

performer moves from being a beginner to an accomplished performer

b)

performer has to practise over and over again

c)

the performer may compare their performance to that of a top class performer

d)

movements become smoother and more coordinated

23.

Characteristics of the autonomous stage of learning

a)

movements are almost unconscious

b)

reached after effective practice

c)

practice must continue to remain a high level performer

d)

actions are fluent and efficient

24.

What is positive feedback?

(a)  

25.

What is negative feedback?

(a)  

26.

What is extrinsic feedback?

(a)  

27.

What is intrinsic feedback?

(a)  

28.

What does knowledge of results mean?

(a)  

29.

What does knowledge of performance mean?

(a)  

30.

How do you make feedback effective?

a)

issue immediately

b)

make it specific and accurate

c)

don't use jargon

d)

brief

31.

What is a plateau?

(a)  

32.

Reasons for a plateau

a)

lack of motivation

b)

boredom

c)

coaching

d)

limit of ability (also fatigue)

e)

targets are too low

33.

What is information processing?

(a)  

34.

What happens during the input stage of information processing?

(a)  

35.

What happens during the decision making stage of information processing?

(a)  

36.

What is selective attention?

(a)  

37.

What is the order of whiting's information processing model?

(a)  

38.

What is the central executive?

(a)  

39.

What is the phonological loop?

(a)  

40.

What is a memory trace?

(a)  

41.

What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad?

(a)  

42.

What is the episodic buffer?

(a)  

43.

What is a schema?

(a)  

44.

What is a recall schema?

(a)  

45.

What is a recognition schema?

(a)  

46.

1.initial conditions

(a)  

47.

2.response specifications

(a)  

48.

3.sensory consequences

(a)  

49.

4.response outcome

(a)  

50.

What is reaction time?

(a)  

51.

What is movement time?

(a)  

52.

What is response time?

(a)  

53.

What is simple reaction time?

(a)  

54.

What is choice reaction time?

(a)  

55.

What is Hick's Law?

(a)  

56.

What is the single channel hypothesis?

(a)  

57.

What is the psychological refractory period?

(a)  

58.

What is anticipation?

(a)  

59.

What is temporal anticipation?

(a)  

60.

What is spatial anticipation?

(a)