Deck 18: Whole and Part Practice

Question 1

If a skill should not be physically separated for part-practice, an alternative part-practice strategy for learners is to:

A) Discuss any problems related to a particular part of the skill with an instructor
B) Observe a demonstration of the part of the skill they are having difficulty with
C) Practice the whole skill but focus attention on specific parts that need work
D) Have their instructor tell you what needs to be done to improve a specific part of the skill.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

With reference to motor skills, the term task organization refers to the:

A) Difficulty of the task.
B) Spatial-temporal relationships among the parts of the task.
C) Amount of cognitive effort required by the task.
D) Number of components in the task.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the experiment by Knapp and Dixon, to learn to juggle three objects, which is a complex task that is high in task organization, practice should engage the _______ method.

Answer 3

whole

Question 4

Which of the following describes a simplification strategy for facilitating the acquisition of a complex skill?

A) Adding an auditory sound designating rhythmic beat or tempo for practicing gait control
B) Hitting a baseball off of a stationary tee for practicing hitting in baseball
C) Performing a dance routine at a slower tempo for practicing a complex dance routine
D) a., b. and c. are correct

Question 5

With reference to motor skills, the term task complexity refers to the:

A) Difficulty of the task.
B) Spatial/temporal relationships among the parts of the task.
C) Amount of cognitive effort required by the task.
D) Number of components in the task.

Question 6

An important benefit of the progressive-part practice method is that it:

A) Keeps practice boredom to a minimum
B) Restricts attention demands on the individual during practice
C) Increases cognitive awareness of the regulatory conditions
D) Provides a means of distributing practice in a beneficial way

Question 7

The part practice strategy that seems especially applicable to helping a person learn an asymmetric bimanual coordination skill is the ________ method.

Question 8

Making a complex skill less difficult is known as the ________ method.

Question 9

The term natural unit of parts of a skill describes a guideline for determining:

A) If a skill should be practiced as a whole or if it can be practiced by parts.
B) How to reduce the difficulty of practicing a whole skill.
C) Which components of a skill should be grouped together to practice as parts.
D) Where a skill should be placed on the task complexity continuum.

Question 10

If a motor skill is characterized by a low level of organization, the component parts of the skill are spatially and temporally interdependent.

Question 11

When utilizing a part-practice strategy, parts of the skill that are _________________ should be practiced separately:

A) High in difficulty
B) Highly related
C) Relatively independent
D) High in difficulty and highly related

Question 12

When learning an asymmetric bimanual skill in which one limb performs a more difficult task, the preferred practice approach is to train:

A) The limb that performs the easier task first
B) The limb that performs the more difficult task first
C) Both limbs together at all times
D) a., b. and c. are appropriate

Question 13

The use of training wheels on a bicycle utilizes which method of part-whole practice?

A) Fractionization
B) Segmentation
C) Simplification
D) Elements of all of the above

Question 14

According to the Naylor and Briggs hypothesis, whole practice is recommended for skills that are:

A) High in task complexity and low in task organization
B) Low in task complexity and high in task organization
C) High in task complexity and high in task organization
D) Low in task complexity and low in task organization

Question 15

A progressive-part method of practicing a skill has also been called a ________ method of part-task training.

Question 16

A motor skill that is low in task organization and high in task complexity should be practiced by the ________ method.

Question 17

When the term complexity is used to refer to a motor skill characteristic, it is synonymous with the term difficulty.

Question 18

A drummer who has to learn to perform a piece of music that requires one hand to play a certain rhythm while the other hand plays a different rhythm, should practice according to the ________ method.

Question 19

The simplification technique known as "miming" [is/is not] a recommended procedure to facilitate learning a skill.

Question 20

If you practiced juggling scarves before juggling tennis balls, the practice strategy you would be using is called the ________ method.

Question 21

The use of a virtual reality environment is a good example of implementing a simplification strategy for learning a skill.

Question 22

A skill such as twisting a lid on a jar is an example of an asymmetric bimanual coordination skill that would benefit from the simplification part-practice strategy.

Question 23

The fractionization part-practice strategy is also referred to as the progressive-part strategy.

Question 24

Before you determine whether to use a whole or part strategy to practice a skill, it is important to first do a task analysis to assess the complexity and organization characteristics of the skill.

Question 25

An important motor learning principle to apply to any part-practice strategy is that positive transfer should occur between the practiced parts and the performance of the whole skill.

Question 26

Research has shown that the segmentation part-practice strategy will facilitate the learning of a musical score on a piano.