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Question 1.

1. Motor learning is defined in terms of four distinct characteristics. Use an example of learning a real motor skill to illustrate these four characteristics.

2. In your own words, describe how you would explain the distinction between performance and learning to an athlete. Why might this distinction be important to the athlete?

3. Using an example of research discussed in chapter 10 or 11, describe how an experimenter might devise a double-trans- fer design to assess learning.

Question 2.

Find a research article that illustrates one of the hypothetical learning and performance effects depicted in figure 9.5.