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 Chapter 7 Multiple-Choice Quiz

1. During infancy, reaching and grasping typically show sensitivity to

a. Size, then distance, then direction

b. Size, then direction, then distance
c. Distance, then direction, then size
d. Direction, then distance, then size

2. The best way to help people adapt to inverting lenses is to

a. Use passive manipulation

b. Use active exploration
c. Use the “what” system
d. Cheer them on

3. Research on adaptation to distortions of visual feedback indicate that

a. Vision dominates touch

b. Touch dominates vision
c. Touch and vision are equally important
d. Everyone is different

4. Which result is consistent with the two-visual system hypothesis?

a. A circle surrounded by large circles looks smaller than the same

center circle surrounded by small circles
b. A disc surrounded by large discs is grasped in the same way as the
same center disc surrounded by large discs
c. Damage to one part of the brain impairs object recognition but not
vision for action, whereas damage to another part of the brain
impairs vision for action but not object recognition
d. All of the above

5. Which result is the usual one concerning eye-hand coordination?

a. The eye and hand land on the target simultaneously

b. The hand lands on the target before the eye does
c. The eye lands on the target before the hand does
d. The data are too variable to draw any conclusions

6. When people move the hand to a target

a. Direction errors tend to be larger than amplitude errors

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 b. Amplitude errors tend to be larger than directions errors
c. Hand speed tends to scale with amplitude
d. Both b and c

7. A method that has been used to determine how long it takes to use visual
feedback to correct manual positioning movements is

a. Have people move back and forth between targets without any visual
feedback in any condition
b. Have people move back and forth between targets with full visual
feedback in all conditions
c. Have people move back and forth between targets with visual
feedback available from one side of the space but not the other
d. Have people move back and forth between targets at different rates
both with and without visual feedback

8. Which of the following equations is referred to as Fitts’ Law?

a. MT = a + b log2(2A/W)
b. MT = a + b log2(2W/A)
c. MT = a / b log2(2A/W)
d. MT = b / a log2(2W/A)

9. Fitts’ Law has been explained at different points in history with

a. The iterative corrections model

b. The impulse variability model
c. The optimized initial impulse model
d. All of the above

10. Which of the following would best support the equilibrium point
hypothesis?

a. Muscle resting lengths are changed for upcoming voluntary

movements
b. Balance is maintained during reaching and grasping movements
c. People can coordinate their efforts
d. None of these outcomes supports the hypothesis

11. If you favored the discrete view over the continuous view of manual
positioning, you would argue that

a. Series of movements that appear continuous actually consist of

overlapping cascades of discrete movements

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 b. Series of movements that appear continuous actually consist of
disconnected series of discrete movements
c. Series of movements that appear continuous actually consist of
disconnected series of continuous movements
d. None of the above

12. Changing the size of an object to be grasped typically affects

a. The transport phase as well as the grasp phase

b. The transport phase but not the grasp phase
c. The grasp phase but not the transport phase
d. Neither the transport phase nor the grasp phase

13. Hand-space planning predicts __________, whereas joint-space planning

predicts ____________.

a. Straight paths in external spatial coordinates, curved paths in

intrinsic, joint coordinates
b. Curved paths in external spatial coordinates, straight paths in
intrinsic, joint coordinates
c. Curved paths in external spatial coordinates, curved paths in
intrinsic, joint coordinates
d. Straight paths in external spatial coordinates, straight paths in
intrinsic, joint coordinates

14. Coupling of the limbs has been ascribed to

a. Coordinative structures
b. Coupling of oscillators
c. Conceptual difficulties
d. All of the above

15. When one hand aims for a target with some index of difficulty (ID), its
movement time

a. Shortens if the other hand aims for a target with a larger ID

b. Shortens if the other hand aims for a target with a smaller ID
c. Lengthens if the other hand aims for a target with a larger ID
d. Lengthens if the other hand aims for a target with a smaller ID

16. Which two events tend to coincide during reaching and grasping?

a. Maximal finger widening and start of the slow-approach phase

b. Maximal finger widening and end of the slow-approach phase

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 c. Minimal finger widening and start of the slow-approach phase
d. Minimal finger widening and end of the slow-approach phase

17. The graph relating acceleration to displacement

a. Has larger loops for high IDs than low IDs

b. Has larger loops for low IDs than high IDs
c. Has equal-size loops for low and high IDs
d. Has never been studied

18. In tasks involving finger movements, it has been found, even in patients
lacking sensory feedback from their fingers, that

a. Distance reproduction is as good as location reproduction

b. Distance reproduction is better than location reproduction
c. Distance reproduction is worse than location reproduction
d. No reproduction is ever possible

19. Babies appear to take full advantage of visual feedback for reaching by

a. Three months of age

b. Five months of age
c. Seven months of age
d. Nine months of age

20. When people turn cranks that cause flags to revolve via gears

a. The people can easily generate complex rotation ratios if the seen
rotation ratios are complex
b. The people can easily generate simple rotation ratios if the seen
rotation ratios are simple
c. The people can easily generate complex rotation ratios if the seen
rotation ratios are simple
d. Both b and c

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 Chapter 7 Answer Key

1. d

2. b

3. a

4. d

5. c

6. d

7. d

8. a

9. d

10. a

11. a

12. c

13. d

14. d

15. c

16. a

17. b

18. c

19. d

20. d

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