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Motor Control
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Field of study aimed at understanding the processes that lead to the execution of human movement and the factors that affect to the execution of these processes
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Motor Learning
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Field of study aimed at understanding the way in which the processes that sub-serve movement are developed and the factors which facilitate or inhibit this development
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hypothesis
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a tentative prediction of behavior under a set of conditions
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empirical
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based on observation and/or literature rather than theory
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induction
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the logical reasoning from isolated facts to a more general description
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bottom up reasoning
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the development of hypotheses based on observations and induction. typically the hypothesis is derived as a result of organizing or contrasting observations and the conditions under which they arise.
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law
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a statement describing a sequence of events in nature or human activities that has been observed to occur with unvarying uniformity under the same conditions
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theory
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a proposed explanation or statement of the processes that account for the lawful phenomenon
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postulates
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assumptions based on theory and not grounded in fact. a postulate is a basic principle derived without proof
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theoretical
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based on theory rather than observation and/or literature
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deduction
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the process of reasoning from a general principle or theory to an unknown, from general to specific, or from postulate to testable hypothesis
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top down reasoning
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the devlopment of hypotheses based on theory and deduction. typically the hypothesis is derived as a result of the predictions of a theory
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deduction
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the process of reasoning from a general principle or theory to an unknown, from general to specific, or from postulate to testable hypothesis
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top down reasoning
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the devlopment of hypotheses based on theory and deduction. typically the hypothesis is derived as a result of the predictions of a theory
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applied research
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research aimed at testing potential solutions (hypotheses) to problems that present themselves in real world settings. the tasks utilized in applied research are typically real world tasks and the testing occurs in real world environments
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basic research
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research involved in testing hypotheses in laboratory and field setting using tasts specifically designed to involve/isolate the processes and/or environmental demands under study. these tasks tend to be relatively simpple so that experimental process can progress quickly, novel so the influence of past experiences are minimized and artificial so that the process or environmental condition of interest can be isolated.
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experiment
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an investigation in which a researcher manipulates one variable while measuring its effect on some other variable
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independent variable
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the manipulated variable in an experiment. the change in the dependent variable is assumed to be a result of the manipulation of the independent variable
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dependent variable
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the variable that is measure. in an experiment the change in the dependent variable is assumed to be a result of the manipulation introduced by the experimenter
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acquisition
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the period of time during which experiences are provided that are thought to enhance learning
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retention
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delayed practice experiences test or game on a task that was experienced during acquisitions. if we practice a task and then are tested at a later time on that task, the test would be considered a retention test
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transfer
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delayed practice experiences test or game on a variation of the task or on another task that was not experienced during acquisition
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experimental group
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the group of subjects who's performance is influenced by an experimental manipulation. in an experiment, the control and experimental groups must be treated in exactly the same way except for the one variable under study
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