You Are Helping a Patient Learn a Motor Skill

question 21

Multiple Choice

You are helping a patient learn a motor skill.You set up several variations of the same task (walking on several types of surfaces) .You have the patient perform one variation of the task;you have him identify his own errors after the first repetition (or point out errors to him after the first repetition) .Next,allow him to repeat the same variation of the task one or two more times before moving on to another variation of the task.What term best describes this type of practice?

• A) Blocked
• B) Random-blocked
• C) Random
• D) Augmented

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Definitions:

Nature and Nurture

The debate regarding the relative contributions of genetics (nature) and environment (nurture) to individual development and behavior.

Free Will

The concept that individuals have the ability to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention.

Superego

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Environmental-Mold Traits

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