Skill Acquisition Multiple Choice Questions

Transfer of learning in which a skill learnt in netball may aid the learning of another skill in basketball.

• Bilateral

• Negative

• Positive

• Progressive

Baddeley and Hitch devised a model of the working memory. Which subsystem in this model deals with auditory information from the senses to help produce a memory trace?

• Episodic buffer

• Phonological loop

• Visuospatial sketchpad

Which types of feedback would be most appropriate for a performer in the cognitive stage of learning?

• Knowledge of performance, negative, intrinsic

• Knowledge of performance, positive, extrinsic

• Knowledge of results, negative, intrinsic

• Knowledge of results, positive, extrinsic

A swimming teacher may use floats and arm bands with a group of beginners to keep them safe when they are learning to swim. What type of guidance is this?

• Manual

• Mechanical

• Verbal

• Visual

‘Changing the practice type and the practice drills.’ What type of practice is this?

• Distributed

• Massed

• Mental

• Variable

Which one of these is a characteristic of a performer in the cognitive stage of learning?

• Can interpret knowledge of performance easily

• Concentrates on fine details within performance

• Interprets kinaesthetic feedback easily

• Uses trial and error in approach to a task

Armbands are used as a buoyancy aid when people are learning to swim. This is an example of which type of guidance?

• Manual

• Mechanical

• Verbal

• Visual

The zone of proximal learning is a feature of which one of the following theories of learning?

• Social learning

• Behaviourism

• Constructivism

• Insight learning

Which one of the following classifications accurately describes the skill of taking a football penalty kick?

• Closed, externally-paced, complex and discrete

• Closed, externally-paced, simple and discrete

• Closed, self-paced, complex and discrete

• Closed, self-paced, simple and discrete

Which one of the following classifications accurately describes the skills of a dive at the start of a swimming race?

• Closed, externally-paced, complex and discrete

• Closed, externally-paced, simple and discrete

• Closed, self-paced, complex and discrete

• Closed, self-paced, simple and discrete