Exam 19: Mental Practice

The effectiveness of the Singer five-step general learning strategy for learning a motor skill has been demonstrated in experiments that have compared the retention and transfer effects of using the strategy and not using the strategy.

Mental practice can be expected to be effective early in learning a motor skill because the early stage of learning relates well to the ________ explanation of the mental practice effect.

One reason for proposing a neuromuscular explanation for the benefit of mental practice is that ________ activity has been observed in limbs during mental practice.

In a physical rehabilitation setting, the experiment by Page and colleagues (2001) showed improvements in stroke patients' use of their affected limb when they engaged in mental practice:

Of the two types of imagery that have been categorized, the one that involves people experiencing the sensations that could be expected in an actual performance situation is called ________ imagery.

The cognitive explanation for the mental practice effect is consistent with the role cognitive activity plays in:

The role of mental practice in Singer's Five-Step General Learning Strategy is most apparent when learners:

The neuromuscular explanation for the effectiveness of mental practice has been supported by research showing:

When mental practice involves visual imagery, it can take the form of internal or external imagery.

When skilled athletes were surveyed about their use of mental imagery, which general type of imagery did they tend to use most often?

In experiments that compare all-mental practice to all-physical practice and no practice conditions, results typically show that participants in the all-mental practice condition learn the skill:

The terms mental practice and meditation can be used interchangeably.

The Movement Imagery Questionnaire (MIQ) has been established to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess:

In the Singer five-step learning strategy, _______ of the five steps involve elements of mental practice.

Research suggests that imagery ability:

Research has demonstrated that mental imagery ability is an individual-difference variable that influences the success of mental practice.

A person who visually imagines himself or herself performing a skill from the perspective of an observer performs this type of mental practice:

Only the brain activity hypothesis is generally accepted as an explanation of the effectiveness of mental practice for motor skill learning and performance.

Two roles for mental practice related to motor skills are aiding in the acquisition of skills and in the ________ for performing skills.

Imagery that involves feeling the movements of a skill is known as ________ imagery.