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Fundamentals of motor behavior / Jeffrey T. Fairbrother.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Human Kinetics' fundamentals of sport and exercise science seriesPublisher: Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xv, 167 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0736077146
  • 9780736077149
Other title:
  • Fundamentals of motor behaviour
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.76 22
LOC classification:
  • BF295 .F35 2010
Contents:
Part I. Welcome to Motor Behavior -- 1. What Is Motor Behavior? -- Research -- Practical Application -- Three Subdisciplines -- A Brief History of Motor Behavior -- Related Fields of Study -- The Short of It -- 2. What Can I Do With Motor Behavior? -- Academic Path -- Professional Paths -- A Side Path -- The Short of It -- Part II. Building Blocks of Motor Behavior -- Taking a Systematic Approach -- Accounting for the Person, the Task, and the Performance Setting -- Information Processing -- 3. Observing Behavior -- Closed and Open Skills -- Discrete, Serial, and Continuous Skills -- Observation: A Critical Key to Understanding Motor Behavior -- The Short of It -- 4. Understanding How We Control Movements -- Sources of Sensory Information -- Continuous Control -- No-Feedback Control -- Combining Continuous and No-Feedback Control -- The Short of It -- 5. Understanding How We Learn Motor Skills -- Theories of How We Learn -- Ways We Learn Motor Skills -- Transfer -- Feedback -- The Short of It -- 6. Capabilities and Limitations -- Information Processing -- Reacting Faster: Ways to Reduce the Time Spent on Information Processing -- How We Pay Attention -- What We Pay Attention to Makes a Difference -- Arousal and Performance -- Speed-Accuracy Trade-Offs -- Abilities and Skills -- The Short of It -- 7. Setting Practice Procedures -- Constant and Varied Practice -- Blocked and Random Practice -- Practice Distribution -- Deciding How to Design Practice -- The Short of It -- 8. Putting It All Together: The Motor Skill Learning Cycle -- Phase 1: Consider the Person, Task, and Performance Setting -- Phase 2: Plan for Practice -- Phase 3: Implement Practice -- Phase 4: Review the Overall Instructional Process -- The Short of It -- Epilogue: The Future of Motor Behavior -- Appendix A. Learn More About Motor Behavior -- Appendix B. Implementing Motor Behavior in the Real World.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.

Part I. Welcome to Motor Behavior -- 1. What Is Motor Behavior? -- Research -- Practical Application -- Three Subdisciplines -- A Brief History of Motor Behavior -- Related Fields of Study -- The Short of It -- 2. What Can I Do With Motor Behavior? -- Academic Path -- Professional Paths -- A Side Path -- The Short of It -- Part II. Building Blocks of Motor Behavior -- Taking a Systematic Approach -- Accounting for the Person, the Task, and the Performance Setting -- Information Processing -- 3. Observing Behavior -- Closed and Open Skills -- Discrete, Serial, and Continuous Skills -- Observation: A Critical Key to Understanding Motor Behavior -- The Short of It -- 4. Understanding How We Control Movements -- Sources of Sensory Information -- Continuous Control -- No-Feedback Control -- Combining Continuous and No-Feedback Control -- The Short of It -- 5. Understanding How We Learn Motor Skills -- Theories of How We Learn -- Ways We Learn Motor Skills -- Transfer -- Feedback -- The Short of It -- 6. Capabilities and Limitations -- Information Processing -- Reacting Faster: Ways to Reduce the Time Spent on Information Processing -- How We Pay Attention -- What We Pay Attention to Makes a Difference -- Arousal and Performance -- Speed-Accuracy Trade-Offs -- Abilities and Skills -- The Short of It -- 7. Setting Practice Procedures -- Constant and Varied Practice -- Blocked and Random Practice -- Practice Distribution -- Deciding How to Design Practice -- The Short of It -- 8. Putting It All Together: The Motor Skill Learning Cycle -- Phase 1: Consider the Person, Task, and Performance Setting -- Phase 2: Plan for Practice -- Phase 3: Implement Practice -- Phase 4: Review the Overall Instructional Process -- The Short of It -- Epilogue: The Future of Motor Behavior -- Appendix A. Learn More About Motor Behavior -- Appendix B. Implementing Motor Behavior in the Real World.

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