Question 1

In open-loop control the brain plans and initiates voluntary movement without the need for sensory feedback.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

What is the name of a source of feedback that indicates errors in the learner's movement pattern?

Accepted Answer

A)   Error feedback
B)   Knowledge of mistakes
C)   Knowledge of performance
D)   Knowledge of results D

Question 3

The spinal cord's sole function is to relay information from the brain to the muscles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The "upper" level of the neuromuscular system includes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Muscles and tendons
B)   Spinal cord
C)   Cortex and basal ganglia
D)   Peripheral nerves

Question 5

The area of study that is concerned with how we acquire and retain motor skills is called motor control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Who was the first person to demonstrate the existence of "animal electricity"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rene Descartes
B)   Hippocrates
C)   Franz Josef Gall
D)   Luigi Galvani

Question 7

Specific cortical regions control specific body functions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are nerves?

Accepted Answer

A)   Water channels
B)   Electrical conductors
C)   Blood vessels
D)   Filled with "animal spirits"

Question 9

In closed-loop control, a movement is controlled by higher centers without the influence of sensory feedback from the lower centers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The somatosensory cortex is involved in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Movement initiation
B)   Coordination and fine control of movements
C)   Planning movement
D)   Processing sensory information

Question 11

What can an individual do during a task?

Accepted Answer

A)   Receive and code sensory information
B)   Store information and commit it to memory
C)   Respond to a stimulus
D)   All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is the area of the brain responsible for the regulation of coordination and the control of fine movements?

Accepted Answer

A)   Basal ganglia
B)   Thalamus
C)   Cortex
D)   Cerebellum

Question 13

First-order neurons originate in the spinal cord.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Who was the first person to find evidence for cerebral localization?

Accepted Answer

A)   Erisistratus
B)   Giovanni Aldini
C)   Franz Josef Gall
D)   Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens

Question 15

Sensory information from a muscle is carried to the spinal cord on _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Ia afferent fibers from the muscle spindle
B)   alpha motor neurons
C)   intrafusal muscle fibers
D)   the pyramidal tract

Question 16

Which of the following is the study of how the nervous system controls movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Motor control
B)   Motor learning
C)   Motor psychology
D)   Neurophysiology

Question 17

Researchers are presently trying to find out how we use information from the environment to plan and adjust our movements. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

A)   The serial order problem
B)   The degrees of freedom problem
C)   The perceptual-motor integration problem
D)   The coordination pattern problem

Question 18

What type of practice did Schmidt recommend for strengthening the recall and recognition schemas?

Accepted Answer

A)   Random practice
B)   Variable practice
C)   Constant practice
D)   Blocked practice

Question 19

Franz Josef Gall studied the relationship between the extent of cranial development and the extent of development of different abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Claudius Galen proposed that muscles contract due to the flow of ______ ("animal spirits") down the nerves.

Accepted Answer

A)   electricity
B)   blood cells
C)   fluid
D)   lymph

Exam 10: Motor Control and Motor Learning

In open-loop control the brain plans and initiates voluntary movement without the need for sensory feedback.

What is the name of a source of feedback that indicates errors in the learner's movement pattern?

The spinal cord's sole function is to relay information from the brain to the muscles.

The "upper" level of the neuromuscular system includes which of the following?

The area of study that is concerned with how we acquire and retain motor skills is called motor control.

Who was the first person to demonstrate the existence of "animal electricity"?

Specific cortical regions control specific body functions.

What are nerves?

In closed-loop control, a movement is controlled by higher centers without the influence of sensory feedback from the lower centers.

The somatosensory cortex is involved in which of the following?

What can an individual do during a task?

Which of the following is the area of the brain responsible for the regulation of coordination and the control of fine movements?

First-order neurons originate in the spinal cord.

Who was the first person to find evidence for cerebral localization?

Sensory information from a muscle is carried to the spinal cord on _____.

Which of the following is the study of how the nervous system controls movement?

Researchers are presently trying to find out how we use information from the environment to plan and adjust our movements. What is this called?

What type of practice did Schmidt recommend for strengthening the recall and recognition schemas?

Franz Josef Gall studied the relationship between the extent of cranial development and the extent of development of different abilities.

Claudius Galen proposed that muscles contract due to the flow of ______ ("animal spirits") down the nerves.