PEDS203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Socioeconomic Status, Mental Chronometry, Wildflower
19 Oct 2017
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Kin 203 chapter 6: individual differences and motor abilities. Topics covered in this note package: concept of individual differences, nature of motor abilities, how to use the concept of motor abilities to classify skills and preform task analyses. What are individual differences: stable, enduring differences among individuals" performances, often attributable to differences in their abilities. What is the experimental approach: a method scientists use to examine factors that influence the performance or behaviour of people generally, interested in identifying principles that affect all people in the same way, ex. More muscles tired = less weight that can be lifted. What is the differential approach: a method scientists use to examine differences among people, factors that make each persons performance unique. Why can abilities also be limiting factors to performance: even with extensive practice and good quality coaching some people will never achieve high levels of performance in a particular task because they, ex.
