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KINESIOLOGY (Final Examination)

1, Upon what is effective teaching in physical education based? State in one

sentence,

Answer: Upon competent teaching of the motor skills.

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2. Discuss briefly the universality of movement,

 

Answer: All Living organisms have movement. Even the lower animals sense

that movement draws attention and are always quick to deteot the slightest

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movement near them ~ especially if danger is near, Many will freeze into im-
mobility at the slightest hint of danger. Movement is a sign of life, and
animals instinctively come to dead stops or move slowly and cautiously when
confronted with danger. 7

| The success of a magician or sleight-ofehand performer depends
largely upon the application of these generally know instinctive principles
of movement which are frequently overlooked by humans. While one hand of a
magician deftly and inconspicuously performs the crucial part of the trick,
the other hand engages very actively and with much movement in a manipulation
which leads the observer astray. , 7

Man thinks in terms of movement. A study of the art of primitive
peoples shows that it deals largely with activity -- participants in war,
sports, or routine occupations. Seldom do we find figures in passive attitudes.
Even the gods, in art forms, are depicted as coming down from Olympus and
taking part in man's activities. In carving, sculpture, crate and liter-
ature, both man and animals are depicted as active creatures,
3. Discuss briefly the history of the science of kinesiology.

Answer: From earliest times scientists made efforts to analyse human motion.
The Greek scientists believed in the unity of boty and mind. They interpreted
man's activity as mechanistic, in accordance with their materialistic inter«
pretation of the universe, Hippocrates recognized physiolegionl benefits
derived from such commonplace activities as walking, He wrote that walking