Chapter 3

The type of experience necessary to produce changes in a skill is called____ and the relatively permanent changes are called____.

Practicing a skill is most likely to bring about which of the following?

The principle of quality refers to

A generalist is one who

The components of health-related fitness include all of the following EXCEPT

Humans differ from animals because humans

The influence that parents' activity level has on a child's involvement in physical activity is an example of

Which of the following would be considered a closed rather than an open skill?

Which of the following correctly describes an underachiever?

Experiences that engage us in the critical components of an activity and that are most likely to improve our capacity to perform that activity reflect what type of experience?

Our individual reactions to the events and feelings associated with physical activity are part of our subjective experiences.

Which of the following is a characteristic of training?

Personal attributes that influence physical activity experiences include things such as how much money a person has and where that person lives.

Participating in high school and college sports is likely to cause people to be physically active as adults.

Activity experience is defined in the text as

Our physical activity preferences reflect something unique about us as individuals.

Abilities represent our skill level for performing a physical activity as a result of learning that occurs with practice.

What do the terms emotions, cognition, dispositions, knowledge, and meanings reflect?

Which of these could be a characteristic of training?

The principe of quality stipulates that, all other things being equal, increasing the frequency of our engagement with the critical components of an activity.

What is the key to improving our physical activity performances?

Open skills are those that require performers to coordinate their movements to a changing environment during the execution of a task.

In general, what happens to the amount of physical activity engaged in as one ages?

Two broad areas influence one's physical activity experiences. Which of the following is NOT an influence?

Physical training results in___that improves____.

Choose the statement that best describes open skills.