Deck 1: The Classification of Motor Skills

Question 1

Which term is sometimes used synonymously with the term closed motor skills?

A) Other-paced motor skills
B) Externally-paced motor skills
C) Forced-paced motor skills
D) Self-paced motor skills

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Shifting from second to third gear in a car is an example of which type of motor skill?

A) Open motor skill
B) Fine motor skill
C) Serial motor skill
D) Continuous motor skill

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following skills is a discrete motor skill?

A) Riding a bicycle
B) Swimming the crawl stroke
C) Steering a car on a highway
D) Striking a typewriter key

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following skill category distinctions is popular in textbooks related to methods of teaching motor skills?

A) Gross vs. fine motor skills
B) Discrete vs. continuous motor skills
C) Open vs. closed motor skills
D) Stability vs. transport motor skills

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of skills and actions?

A) They are innate
B) There is a goal to achieve
C) They are performed voluntarily
D) They require movement of joints and body segments

Question 6

Locomotion is an example of which of the following terms?

A) Movement
B) Ability
C) Performance measure
D) Action

Question 7

Motor skills that require the performer to initiate a specific action on an object according to the object's motion are best categorized as:

A) Open motor skills
B) Closed motor skills
C) Discrete motor skills
D) Continuous motor skills

Question 8

A softball player throws pitches to a stationary, cardboard cut-out of a batter. The Environmental Context for the pitcher is:

A) Stationary with intertrial variability
B) Stationary with no intertrial variability
C) In-motion with intertrial variability
D) In-motion with no intertrial variability

Question 9

The specific pattern of limb motions used in throwing a ball is an example of:

A) An action
B) A movement
C) A neuromotor process
D) A reflex

Question 10

An example of a gross motor skill is ________.

Question 11

If a motor skill requires the use of large musculature and does not require precision of movement for successful performance, then the skill would best be classified as a:

A) Fine motor skill
B) Gross motor skill
C) Discrete motor skill
D) Open motor skill

Question 12

Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills includes which of the following factors as part of the "environmental context" dimension?

A) Intertrial variability
B) Object location
C) Object orientation
D) Body transport

Question 13

An example of an open motor skill is ________.

Question 14

Returning a serve in tennis is an example of which of the following types of motor skills?

A) Self-paced motor skill
B) Open motor skill
C) Closed motor skill
D) Stationary motor skill

Question 15

According to Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills, which of the following describes the least complex skill?

A) Regulatory conditions stationary; object manipulated
B) Regulatory conditions in motion; object manipulated
C) Regulatory conditions stationary; no object manipulated
D) Regulatory conditions in motion; no object manipulated

Question 16

The performance of any motor skill is influenced by characteristics of:

A) The performer
B) The environment
C) The skill itself
D) All of the above

Question 17

Based on Gentile's Taxonomy, to simulate the regulatory conditions involved in the game of softball, a coach would have players:

A) Hit a ball from a stationary tee
B) Hit balls pitched by a pitching machine
C) Hit balls pitched by a live pitcher
D) Practice swinging without a bat and a ball

Question 18

The term skill is used to denote:

A) A task that has a specific purpose or goal to achieve
B) The degree of competence or capacity to perform a task
C) The activity in nervous system that underlies movement
D) A and B

Question 19

Riding a surfboard on multiple waves would be classified in Gentile's taxonomy as:

A) Stationary environment, inter-trial variability, body transport
B) Stationary environment, inter-trial variability, body stability
C) In motion environment, inter-trial variability, body transport
D) In motion environment, inter-trial variability, body stability

Question 20

The relationship between movements and actions is:

A) Many-to-one
B) One-to-many
C) Many-to-one and one-to-many
D) Movements and actions are not related

Question 21

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment, removing groceries from a shopping bag would be placed in the category of closed motor skills.

Question 22

Typing a word on a keyboard is an example of a serial motor skill.

Question 23

The color of a ball is an example of a non-regulatory condition.

Question 24

Shooting a free throw in basketball is an example of an open motor skill.

Question 25

The size of a pen that a person uses to write is an example of a regulatory condition that will determine the movements required for the handwriting action.

Question 26

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment, bowling would be placed in the category of ________ motor skills.

Question 27

Whether or not an object must be manipulated is a skill characteristic in Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills that is included in the "environmental context" dimension of the taxonomy.

Question 28

Walking in a crowded mall makes walking an ________ motor skill.

Question 29

If motor skills are classified according to the stability of the environment, bowling would be placed in the category of closed motor skills.

Question 30

Serial skills are a form of discrete skills. What is an example of a serial motor skill?

Question 31

Running is an example of a gross motor skill.

Question 32

When we skate on a crowded ice rink, we perform a closed motor skill.

Question 33

People learn movements rather than actions when they begin to learn or relearn a skill.

Question 34

Archery and piano playing are two quite different skills, yet they can both be classified as ________ motor skills when the classification system is based on the stability of the environment.

Question 35

Whether or not an object must be manipulated is a skill characteristic in Gentile's taxonomy of motor skills that is included in the ________ dimension of the taxonomy.

Question 36

Skilled individuals are much less efficient than less skilled individuals.

Question 37

Classifying skills into general categories helps us to understand the demands those skills place on the performer/learner.