Question 1

The longitudinal method of studying development:

Accepted Answer

A)  Is the least time consuming research approach 
B)  Collects data on the same subject over time 
C)  Collects data on different aged subjects at one point in time 
D)  Is the least time consuming research approach and collects data on the same subject over time 
E)  Is the least time consuming research approach and collects data on different aged subjects at one point in time

Question 2

Methods of classifying age include all of the following, except _________:

Accepted Answer

A)  Biomechanical age 
B)  Skeletal age 
C)  Mental age 
D)  Chronological age 
E)  Dental age

Question 3

Currently, pediatricians interested in comparing the morphological age of their patients use:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Wetzel Grid 
B)  Physical growth charts from the National Center for Health Statistics 
C)  Tanner Maturity Scale 
D)  Tooth eruption 
E)  X-rays of the carpal bones

Question 4

Developmental research studies may take the format of which type of study?

Accepted Answer

A)  Experimental 
B)  Naturalistic 
C)  Observational 
D)  Surveys 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 5

Product-oriented research yields performance scores in terms of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Form and style 
B)  Time and distance 
C)  Accuracy and quantity 
D)  Form and style and time and distance 
E)  Time and distance and accuracy and quantity

Question 6

Since development is age-related, professionals and parents know that an infant who begins to walk at 10 months of age instead of the average 12 months is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Atypical and needs evaluation 
B)  One who needs to be made to crawl until 1 year old 
C)  More likely to be an athlete 
D)  Developing typically 
E)  More likely to do well in school

Question 7

Simply stated, the term "growth" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Increases and decreases in function 
B)  Increases in function only 
C)  Increases and decreases in structure 
D)  Increases in structure only 
E)  Lifelong positive changes in behavior

Question 8

True developmental change can only be studied through longitudinal and mixed longitudinal designs because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Motor development research involves the study of changes that occur in motor behavior over time. 
B)  Cross-sectional method yields only average age differences in groups across time, and not real individual changes across developmental time. 
C)  Longitudinal methods measure age-related changes in behavior. 
D)  These are the only two types of research designs. 
E)  Motor development research involves the study of changes that occur in motor behavior over time, cross-sectional method yields only average age differences in groups across time, and not real individual changes across developmental time, and longitudinal methods measure age-related changes in behavior.

Question 9

Observable change in the position of any part of the body is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Movement skill 
B)  Fundamental movement pattern 
C)  Movement pattern 
D)  Sport skill 
E)  Movement

Question 10

Data collected on the same subjects over time that adds additional subjects on a regular basis and continues to examine them over the remainder of the investigation is referred to as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cross-sectional study 
B)  Mixed-sectional study 
C)  Longitudinal study 
D)  Mixed-longitudinal study 
E)  Cross-cultural study

Question 11

Motor development emerged as a separate field of study within kinesiology due largely to the work of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Glassow 
B)  McGraw 
C)  Rarick 
D)  Both Glassow and McGraw 
E)  Both Glassow and Rarick

Question 12

"Motor" is to "movement" as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pattern is to skill 
B)  Physical education is to movement education 
C)  Control is to performance 
D)  Learning is to forgetting 
E)  Internal is to external

Question 13

Which of the following is characterized by a fixed order of progression in which the pace may vary but the sequence of appearance of characteristics generally does not?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavior 
B)  Development 
C)  Growth 
D)  Experience 
E)  Maturation

Question 14

The primary thrust of motor development research has come from the many branches of which discipline?

Accepted Answer

A)  Biology 
B)  Psychology 
C)  History 
D)  Sociology 
E)  Linguistics

Question 15

A "movement pattern":

Accepted Answer

A)  Is the same as a fundamental pattern 
B)  Is an organized series of related movements (ex. overhand pattern) 
C)  Is an organized series of basic movements executed to perform a generally defined task (ex. throwing) 
D)  Focuses on accuracy and control (ex. throwing at a target) 
E)  Focuses on implementation in a sport activity (ex. a baseball game)

Question 16

Much of what we know about the sequence of infant movement skill acquisition is based on the descriptive work of all of the following, except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Arnold Gesell 
B)  Myrtle McGraw 
C)  Mary Shirley 
D)  Nancy Bayley 
E)  Lolas Halverson

Question 17

Twelve months is the average age at which a child starts to walk, but your child does not start to walk until 14 months of age. This is a clear indication that development is _________ but not ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Age-related; age-dependent. 
B)  An estimate; for certain 
C)  A guess; very accurate 
D)  An approximation; very specific 
E)  Rate specific; sequence specific

Question 18

Motor development as a legitimate area of study cuts across all of the following fields, except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Physiology 
B)  Biomechanics 
C)  Motor control 
D)  Motor learning 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 19

A subject moves from a sitting position to a standing position for several trials. A researcher observes the underlying processes involved in these performances of the movement. The researcher is studying aspects of _____________ of the subject.

Accepted Answer

A)  Motor control 
B)  Motor development 
C)  Motor learning 
D)  Motor behavior 
E)  Motor skills

Question 20

The sequence of movement skill acquisition is quite specific, but the _________ of development is individually determined and influenced by the performance demands of the task.

Accepted Answer

A)  Age 
B)  Start 
C)  End 
D)  Occurrence 
E)  Rate and extent

Exam 1: Understanding Motor Development: An Overview