5.5 check

Question 1

According to dynamic systems theory of motor development, in addition to the child’s perceptual and cognitive capacities, which factors jointly contribute to each new skill?
A) cephalocaudal growth, synaptic pruning, skeletal age, and the body’s movement capacities
B) development of the cerebral cortex, skeletal age, statistical learning of motor skills, and environmental supports
C) central nervous system development, night–day sleep–wake pattern, habituation and recovery, and the child’s goals
D) central nervous system development, the body’s movement capacities, the child’s goals, and environmental supports

Answer 1

central nervous system development, the body’s movement capacities, the child’s goals, and environmental supports

Question 2

Which statement about cultural variations in motor development is true?
A) Few cultures encourage rapid motor progress in infancy.
B) Cross-culturally, attainment of gross-motor milestones is actively encouraged in infants from birth on.
C) In most cultures, rapid motor progress is encouraged only in boys.
D) In some cultures, rapid motor progress is actively discouraged.

Answer 2

In some cultures, rapid motor progress is actively discouraged.