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Year 12 Revision Warm Up Activity

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the THIRD stage of skill learning/progression

a)

Autonomous

b)

Cognitive

c)

Associative

d)

Practice

2.

Practice sessions spread out over time, with rest periods and a greater level of skill retention is...

a)

Massed practice

b)

Part practice

c)

Whole practice

d)

Distributed practice

3.

Whole practice

a)

Is used for simple skills

b)

Involves practicing the skill in one complete sequence

c)

Involves practicing the skill spread out over time

d)

Involves practicing the skill in seperate parts

4.

Which type of skills are completed under conditions where the environments or requirements for the skill are predictable?

a)

Closed skills

b)

Open skills

c)

Continuous skills

d)

Serial skills

5.

Which of the following skills is the most open?

a)

Receiving a pass in Netball, outside

b)

100m sprint

c)

Tenpin bowling

d)

Going for a walk, outside

6.
Which form of guidance is most useful during the cognitive phase of learning?
a)

Manual

b)
Mechanical
c)
Visual
d)
Verbal
7.
Which of the following practice approaches involves gaining experiences of the complete skill before refining specific aspects or subroutines
a)
Part
b)
Whole
c)
Whole-part-whole
d)
Progressive part
8.

At the cognitive stage of learning how often would a beginner make mistakes?

a)

Many mistakes

b)

Few mistakes

c)

No mistakes

d)

None of the above

9.

What type of skill is archery predominantly?

a)

gross and closed

b)

fine and open

c)

gross and open

d)

fine and closed

10.

Massed practice works best when:

a)

performers are highly motivated

b)

the task causes fatigue

c)

motivation is low

d)

the performer lacks interest

11.

A gymnastic routine can involve the linking of several specific skills such as a round off, back flip and splits.

This is an example of:

a)

A continuous skill

b)

A discrete skill

c)

A serial skill

d)

An fine skill

12.

Which of the following hinders the learning of a new skill?

a)

Positive Transfer

b)

Negative Transfer

c)

Proactive Transfer

d)

Bilateral Transfer

13.

What is a benefit of receiving intrinsic feedback?

a)

Good for beginners (cognitive stage)

b)

Results give a quick measure of success

c)

Feedback can be tailored to suit the performer's ability level

d)

Performers can make immediate adjustments

14.

Which of these shows mechanical guidance?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

A drop goal in rugby is what type of skill?

a)

Closed and complex

b)

Open and Basic

c)

Fine and closed

d)

Open and gross

16.

Why might an athlete fluctuate between the associative and the autonomous stages of learning?

a)

they lose motivation in the sport and therefore move back to the associate level

b)

they don’t listen to the feedback their coach is giving them

c)

they don’t fluctuate between the two; they can only be in one stage

d)

as they learn new skills, they need to practice them to become autonomous

17.

When an athlete mixes up the order of skills in a training session, what type of practice are they participating in?

a)

varied

b)

problem solving

c)

constant

d)

specific

18.

A football player practices free kicks from the left side of the 18-yard box for 10 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of rest. This is then repeated on the right side of the 18-yard box. What type of practice is being used?

a)

massed practice

b)

constant practice

c)

specificity practice

d)

distributed practice

19.

Which psychologist supported the social/observation learning perspective?

(a)  

20.

Which methods of guidance help eliminate danger and build confidence in a performer? (Select 2 answers)

a)

Verbal

b)

Mechanical

c)

Visual

d)

Manual

21.

When discipline is required what is the best style of leadership?

a)

Democratic

b)

Autocratic

c)

It doesn't matter

22.

Democratic leadership gives team members 'ownership' of the task

a)

True

b)

False

23.

High Organisation skills...

a)

Can be broken down

b)

Cannot be broken down

24.

Trial and Error is a characteristic of which theory?

a)

Cognitive Theory of Learning

b)

Social/Observational

c)

Operant Conditioning

d)

Classical Conditioning

25.

Select the most appropriate sporting example for bilateral transfer

a)

Transfer from badminton to squash because the flexible wrist action needed for squash is very similar to badminton.

b)

Transfer from badminton the tennis because the flexible wrist action needed for squash is very different to badminton because of the firm wrist needed in tennis.

c)

Being able to dribble the ball effectively from your right foot to your left foot.

d)

in the future being able to hit a successful forehand top spin because you have learnt a standard forehand stroke in tennis.

26.

select the correct definition of retroactive transfer

a)

When the learning and performance of one skill hinders the learning and performance of another skill.

b)

When the learning and performance of one skill helps the learning and performance of another, similar skill.

c)

When the learning and performance of one body part helps the learning and performance of another body part.

d)

When the learning and performance of a new skill influences the learning and performance of a previous skill.

27.

S-R bond stands for...

(a)  

28.

What does it mean by positive reinforcement ?

a)

Reward

b)

Punishment

c)

Dessert

d)

Reward and punishment