WorksheetsExcs 1500 Final Exam Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is anxiety?
A feeling of excitement about the future
A feeling of unease, worry, or fear about future uncertainties
A type of physical exercise
A form of happiness
What is self-regulation?
Letting others control your actions
Managing emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve goals
Ignoring your feelings
Only focusing on physical skills
What is non-verbal feedback?
Written notes from a coach
Communication through body language, gestures, or facial expressions
Yelling instructions
A formal evaluation report
Descriptive feedback vs. prescriptive feedback:
Descriptive explains what happened; prescriptive tells how to improve
Descriptive is negative; prescriptive is positive
Both are the same
Descriptive is for beginners; prescriptive is for experts
What is the main function of extrinsic feedback?
To replace intrinsic motivation
To provide external information guiding performance
To discourage learners
To make practice harder
What is the "sandwich approach" in feedback?
Only giving negative criticism
Placing criticism between two positive comments
Giving feedback only at the end
Using food metaphors for coaching
Which practice type involves mixing different skills randomly?
Constant practice
Variable practice
Random practice
Serial practice
What are cognitive rehearsal skills without movement?
Physical drills
Mental practice/visualization
Watching others perform
Resting
Should practice resemble a game or competition?
No, it should be completely different
Yes, for better skill transfer
Only for advanced athletes
Only in individual sports
What is distributed practice?
Practicing without breaks
Spacing sessions with rest intervals
Only practicing once a week
Practicing only under pressure
Which is NOT one of Piaget’s stages?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Reflexive
Formal operational
Which is a type of knowledge?
Declarative (what), procedural (how), conditional (when/why)
Only theoretical knowledge
Only physical skills
Emotional knowledge
What is the correct order of knowledge development?
Procedural → conditional → declarative
Declarative → procedural → conditional
Conditional → declarative → procedural
Random order
Negative transfer occurs when:
Previous learning helps new skills
Previous learning hinders new skills
There is no effect between skills
Skills are performed automatically
What is a closed serial motor skill?
A single movement in an unpredictable environment
A sequence of movements in a predictable environment (e.g., gymnastics routine)
A skill performed with eyes closed
A skill that changes every time
What is automaticity?
Performing a skill with conscious effort
Performing a skill effortlessly without thought
Always making mistakes
Learning a new skill slowly
What is a Generalized Motor Program (GMP)?
A strict rulebook for sports
A memory-based pattern for skilled movements
A type of fitness test
A coach’s playbook
Fitts & Posner’s stages of learning are:
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert
Cognitive (novice), associative (practice), autonomous (automatic)
Physical, Mental, Emotional
None of the above
What is an example of an invasion game?
Tennis
Soccer
Golf
Bowling
Positive transfer means:
Previous learning helps new skills
Previous learning interferes with new skills
No connection between skills
Skills must be identical
