Motor Learning 1

Paragraph 1: Josh is a senior on the varsity basketball team.The team just made it to the state finals and college scouts will be at the game. Using this example, explain Josh’s attention using Kahneman’s Attention Theory. Include what would affect Josh’s attentional capacity and the three things that will determine Josh’s attention allocation. Paragraph 2: Using Josh’s example, provide the four options (width-direction) for attention focusing with examples of each. What is one possible advantage and one possible disadvantage for Josh being able to attention switch. Paragraph 3: Explain one of the reasons we “forget” things even though our long term memory is permanent. Provide an example of how we can enhance memory. Use Motor Learning and Control Concepts and Applications by Magill as a source if needed.