PEDS203- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)

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September 7th intro to motor performance and learning. What is a motor behavior: the study of changes. What is motor learning or skill acquisition: the gain of a relatively permanent change in movement behavior as a function of practice of experience. What is motor control or skill performance: the study of posture and movement and the underlying mechanisms. What is motor development: the sequential, continuous, are related process where by movement behavior changes. What is a motor skill: a skill for which the primary determinant of success is the quality of the movement. What are the 4 types of focus on a task: goal directed, preforming a specific task to complete a goal, voluntary, winking. Involve movement: require learning, you need practice before can acquire that skill, not reflexes because you can not control that. Incorporates and understands the role of the person, task and the environment into developing a skill.