Which practice type involves same target, same context across practice?

Which practice type involves same target, same context across practice?

• A. Blocked practice
• B. Variable practice
• C. Constant practice
• D. Random practice

Answer: (C)

Repeating the exact same target in the same context across practice trials means the movement is trained under unchanging conditions. This constant practice approach reinforces the same motor pattern because sensory cues, feedback, and biomechanical demands stay identical from trial to trial. As a result, performance often improves quickly during practice and the learned pattern is well retained for that specific target and context. But because the environment doesn’t vary, adaptability to new targets or contexts may be reduced. This stands in contrast to variable practice, which changes the target or context to promote flexibility, and to random practice, which mixes different targets or tasks in a random order. So the description fits constant practice.

Repeating the exact same target in the same context across practice trials means the movement is trained under unchanging conditions. This constant practice approach reinforces the same motor pattern because sensory cues, feedback, and biomechanical demands stay identical from trial to trial. As a result, performance often improves quickly during practice and the learned pattern is well retained for that specific target and context. But because the environment doesn’t vary, adaptability to new targets or contexts may be reduced. This stands in contrast to variable practice, which changes the target or context to promote flexibility, and to random practice, which mixes different targets or tasks in a random order. So the description fits constant practice.