Personal Ability Inventory

In this lab we were asked to rate our own abilities, list skills we feel we have a high level of proficiency in, make an ideal ability profile for one of those skills, and to discuss ways in which someone who does not have that ideal ability profile can better themselves in order to accurately complete the task.

My ability rates are as follows:

Multilimb coordination: 4

Control precision: 3

Response Orientation: 2

Reaction time: 4

Rate control: 2

Manual dexterity: 5

Finger dexterity: 5

Arm-hand steadiness: 3

Wrist-finger speed: 4

Aiming: 2

Explosive strength: 4

Static Strength: 3

Dynamic strength: 2

Trunk strength: 1

Extent flexibility: 1

Dynamic flexibility: 1

Gross body equilibrium: 4

Balance with visual cues: 3

Speed of limb movement: 3

Gross body coordination: 3

Stamina: 4

Movement rate: 4

Motor timing: 4

Perceptual timing: 4

Force Control: 4

My Proficiency Skills:

1. Walking to class and making it on time
2. Passing a soccer ball
3. Texting fast and accurate
4. Tying my shoe laces without looking
5. Putting on clothes in the dark, while your roommates sleep

Ideal Ability Profile for putting on clothes in the dark:

1. Multilimb coordination
2. Manual dexterity
3. Finger dexterity
4. Response orientation
5. Arm-hand steadiness
6. Dynamic strength
7. Extent flexibility
8. Gross body equilibrium
9. Motor timing
10. Gross body coordination

Two ways for people with nonideal ability profiles to complete this task:

1. Lay your clothes out the night before and face down so that when you pick them up you only have to put them on and there is no confusion as to whether or not you are putting the item of clothing on backwards or not.

2. Put your clothes on near a place where you will have a prop in case you lose your balance or do not have very good balance to begin with.

My personal ability profile compared to the ideal:

My ability profile is not 100% of the ideal ability profile for putting on clothes in the dark, but I do have some of the skills. This makes it a little easier for me; for this task I take my own advice and stand somewhere where I will be able to have a prop just in case I lose my balance.