KIN 3513 : Exam 1 Notes

• School: LSU
• Department: Kinesiology: Professional Courses/Basic Activity Courses
• Course: KIN 3513
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Goal-directed activities that involve body, head and/or limb movements. Walking (people having the goal of taking steps), throwing, catching: measures distance and time. What body, head and/or limb segments do when an action is performed. Can vary across performance and/or individuals for the same action: ex. steps are different from person to person, measures kinematics and kinetics. Movements: movements are the component parts, can vary across actions, a variation of movements can be used to achieve the same action goal. What factors affect performance: classification systems, one- and two-dimensions, task and performance perspective. Intertrial variability: change in regulatory conditions from one trial to the next when performing the same action, yes (hitting a baseball, no (brushing your hair; watering your plants; opening your mailbox, ex. Performance proficiency perspective (guthrie, 1952: features that distinguish higher-skilled performers from lower skilled ones, certainty, what is the certainty of goal achievement, energy.