Motor Skills Classification Quiz & Flashcards

Study Notes

Classification of Motor Skills

Classification aids in understanding the demands placed on learners in performing motor skills.
Skills can be categorized to simplify analysis and teaching methods.

Learning Objectives

Define actions, movements, and neuromotor processes, providing clear examples.
Understand common characteristics in motor skill classifications and differentiate between skill categories with specific examples.
Learn two dimensions in the Gentile taxonomy of motor skills: task and environmental context, associated with performance characteristics.
Apply the Gentile taxonomy in contexts such as physical rehabilitation and sports education.

Skills and Actions

Skills are tasks with clear action goals that require voluntary control of body movements.
Examples include walking and playing an instrument.
"Actions" is often synonymous with motor skills.

Characteristics of Skills and Actions

Skills aim to achieve specific goals and can be performed voluntarily.
Essential elements include controlling movement of joints and body segments.
Skills must be learned and refined through practice.
Skill proficiency is marked by consistency, performance across varying conditions, and efficiency.

Movements and Neuromotor Processes

Movements are defined as specific motion patterns of joints and body segments.
Neuromotor processes refer to the underlying mechanisms of the nervous and muscular systems controlling actions and movements.

Interrelation of Actions, Movements, and Neuromotor Processes

A sequence prioritizing motor control: achieving action goals, discovering effective movement patterns, and refining neuromotor processes for efficiency.
Individuals may use different movement patterns to achieve the same action goal, illustrating many-to-one and one-to-many relationships.
Example: Various ways to drink coffee demonstrate many-to-one relationships; one movement pattern may serve different actions.
Diverse measures are needed to evaluate actions, movements, and neuromotor processes effectively.

Study of Motor Skills: Learning, Control, and Development

Motor learning examines skill acquisition, performance enhancement, and skill reacquisition post-injury.
Motor control focuses on the neuromuscular system's function in activating and coordinating muscles for motor skills during both learning and performance phases.
Motor development studies the progression of motor behavior across the human lifespan, from infancy to old age.

Description

This quiz focuses on the classification of motor skills, highlighting various concepts and their importance in understanding performance demands. Explore the learning objectives and distinctions between actions, movements, and processes related to motor skills.