0001 - Demonstrate knowledge of theories, principles, stages, and typical and atypical progressions of motor learning. Flashcards

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Define Motor Development

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The process by which a child’s muscles, bones, and tendons increase in stamina and size and their capacity to maneuver and interact with their environment.

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Define Motor Planning

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The capacity to arrange the body’s movement. This involves being aware of the actions that need to be taken and the order in which they need to be taken to accomplish a certain goal.

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Define Dyspraxia

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A term used to describe difficulties in planning motor movements. Children with this illness have the average muscles strength and tone range.

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Define Muscular Strength

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Refers to the amount of force the muscles can generate at one time, rather than a measure of how long the muscles can maintain that force. People increase this so that they can lift or move heavier weights.

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Define Motor Control

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the ability to utilize muscles effectively for certain purpose, such as hitting a bat or pushing a toothbrush along one’s teeth.

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Define Fine Motor Abilities

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The ability to use the small muscles in our hands and wrists to complete tasks like writing or using scissors. These skills are important for doing everyday tasks, and they develop continuously throughout all of the human developmental stages.

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Define Child’s Development

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The process of maturation that includes infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

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Define Motor Learning

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A sophisticated procedure in the brain that reacts to the experience or practice of a specific ability, leading to modifications to the central nervous system.

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Define Motor Development Theory

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The transition from reflexive motor movements to deliberate motor actions directed towards a goal. The production of reflexive, automatic, as well as the performance of efficient, adaptive and voluntary movements, coordinated, goal-directed movement patterns that encompass various body systems and multiple levels within the nervous framework, are all aspects of motor control that are reconnoitered to be motor control theories.

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