ABSTRACT
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
Define the terms self-actualization, flow, peak performance, skill, and ability
Reflect upon why outside observers are often compelled to criticize performance
List two kinds of professional critics and their two basic functions
Distinguish among performance as entertainment, as a cognitive experience, and as a physical experience
Explain the cognitive information processing model
Differentiate between each of these terminology pairs: fine- and gross-motor skills, open and closed skills, internally initiated and externally initiated skills, and simple and complex skills
Contrast discrete, serial, and continual skills
Performance
Peak moment
