Correct Response: B. In the associative stage of learning a motor skill, a student understands the fundamentals of the skill well enough to recognize errors and explore ways to correct them. In this stage, a student works on performing and refining a skill but cannot yet eliminate all performance errors. In the cognitive (A), or verbal (D), stage, the beginning phase of motor learning, the student is introduced to a motor skill and works on understanding the basic motor task and its objective. The autonomous stage (C) is the final stage in motor learning; in this stage, the student performs skills automatically with few or no errors.
