Chapter 9 Lecture Flashcards
Prehension:
grasping of an object
1930’s-1950’s:
maturationalists
_____ proposed 10 phases of development in 1931.
Halverson
Halverson’s 10 phases included:
- transition from power to precision grips
- imposition of one task, one set of environmental conditions
Hohlstein (1982) proposed that…
- object size and shape influence type of grasp
- by 9 months, infants shape hand to match object as they reach
Halverson used …
- balls, crayons, cup, bell etc.
- didn’t use a cube
Describe Halverson’s observations of transition from power to precision:
- birth: no contact
- 1 month: limited contact
- 2 months: grasp with entire hand
- 3 months: adjust hand position
- 4 months: grasp with thumb on top
- 5 months: grasp with fingers only
Hand shape will change ____ ____ to the object, will ____ according to the size and shape of the object you’re going to pick up.
- en route
- reshape
Grip movements are ____ ____. Key is ____ size relative to ____ size. More research is needed in ______.
- body scaled
- hand
- object
- infancy
Ratio of hand size to object size is consistent for transitioning from…
using one hand to using 2 hands to pick up object
At _____ months, infants become consistent in moving the hand to the mouth.
3-4 months
By ___ months, infants open the mouth in anticipation of the hand’s arrival.
5 months
At ____ months, infants show bilateral arm extension and reaching (often _____).
- 2 months
- symmetric
Around ____ months, infants reach for objects with both arms (usually …)
- 4.5
- one hand reaches and grasps object first
During year ___, infants alternate between predominantly _____ and predominantly ____ reaching.
- 1
- unimanual
- bimanual
By ____ months, we see pulling apart and insertion actions.
12
Early in year ___, infants use objects as tools.
2
After ___ months, infants manipulate objects cooperatively with both hands.
8
cooperative activities:
- manipulating an object where 1 hand is stabilizing the object and the other hand is exploring
- ex. smacking sticks together
Complementary activity ex:
lifting a cookie jar lid and taking a cookie out with other hand