PHED-2206EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Factors And Ergonomics, Job Satisfaction, Motor System
28 Feb 2019
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Motor skill: skill for which the primary determinant of success is the quality of movement that the performer produces: ex: jumping, weight lifting, changing a tire. Cognitive skill: skill for which the primary determinant of success is the quality of the performer"s decisions regarding what to do: ex: playing chess, cooking a meal, coaching a sport. Some skills lie between the two as motor performance and decision-making are both required: ex: playing quarterback, driving a race car, walking is a busy hallway. Chapter 1: intro to motor learning and performance. To teach them more effectively and efficiently. High level performance: sports, occupational settings, music and so on, workplace health and safety, job satisfaction, ergonomics. Rehabilitation: activities of daily living, therapeutic exercise , learning or re-learning tasks. Hypotheses: educated guess, testable, conversely, a theoretically framework can lead to the development of many hypotheses. History of motor learning and performance research: before 1940s.
