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Motor Development and Physical Growth and Maturation

Chapter 6. Motor Development and Physical Growth and Maturation. The Plasticity of the Brain. Brain size and function can be modified by experience Impoverishment versus enrichment How brain development in one area may contribute to learning in another. Motor Development. CNS/MS

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Motor Development and Physical Growth and Maturation

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  1. Chapter 6 Motor Development and Physical Growth and Maturation

  2. The Plasticity of the Brain • Brain size and function can be modified by experience • Impoverishment versus enrichment • How brain development in one area may contribute to learning in another

  3. Motor Development • CNS/MS • Environmental supports • Task Demands (cultural, physical properties)

  4. Motor Development • Upper body (reaching, grasping, fine motor) • Lower body (posturing, crawling, walking)

  5. Upper Body Motor Development (Arms, hands, fingers) • Reaching and grasping • Foundational skill • Developmental Progression • Components of motor development • Other upper body motor development

  6. Motor Development of Legs and Trunk • 3 phases of the development of walking • 4 main theories on development of walking • Overall gross motor development • Correspondence of walking with other skill development

  7. Physical Growth Patterns • Cephalocaudal development • Proximal-distal development • Over time

  8. Influences on Maturation • Genetic factors • Environmental factors • Nutrition as strongest factor • Gender • Girls • Boys • Developmental plasticity

  9. Trends in Development of Height and Weight • Height • Weight • Research on weight gain • Parenting factors • Emotional significance • Intervention for weight gain

  10. Sexual Maturation • Onset • Determinations of timing • Inheritance • Lifestyle • Emotional factors • Effects of late or early maturation

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