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The more specific the skill becomes, the greater transfer occurs

Internal focus facilitates performance and retention.

Distributed practice causes excessive fatigue.

Goals act as a "cognitive map" to guide the individual to some desired end state

Part practice is used mostly on very brief, and programmed actions.

Warm up decrement is a psychological factor brought on by the passage of time away from a task eliminated

A cockpit in a place simulator is an example of physical fidelity.

The most prominent type of learning curve in motor skill is the NEGATIVE ACCELERATED CURVE.

The most important developmental period happens during the second to the sevent year of life.

Mental practice is used usually for procedural tasks.

According to the power law of practice, improvements are rapid at first and much slower later.

Brain plasticity establishes the permanent change through practice.

According to the power law of practice, improvements are rapid at first and much slower later.

The greater the control of the participants in the program, the more likely they will be intrinsically motivated

Downward sloping curve alwats denotes regression and declining performance.

When the learning is forced to produce the correct movement at that time, that is PHYSICAL GUIDANCE.

Performance plateaus means that there is no learning at all.

In increase in the attention demand when doing the skill means that the client is learning.

Spotting when lifting weights is an example of physical guidance feedback.

Continuous task are usually forgotten quickly.

Telling your athlete that he lands in a valgus position is an example of knowledge of result.

Retention tests are given after an empty period without practice.

The first locomotive movement is rolling which happens at 4 - 10 months.

To learn BEST a skill, PRACTICE in RANDOM FASHION

Mature ambulation happens at 7 years old.

The greater the similarity between two tasks the greater the transfer of learning

Learning is always directly observable.

Faded feedback provides a little amount of feedback at first that gradually progresses over time.

Performance curves are also learning curves.

Performance results is almost always due to practice.

Specific transfers are used mostly in closed skills.

During the first two years of life, posture is the key developmental change.