Locomotor development - RICHMOND

Question 1

 Variability in motor milestone dev

Answer 1

• 7-8 mons crawl
• 9-11 pulls to standing
• 12-14 walks 2 steps + walk independently

Question 2

 Exp vs maturation

Answer 2

•	Hopi Indians -yes maturation no exp
•	Supine sleeping- no maturation yes exp
•	Older sibling theories
o	Imitation- copy so move earlier
o	Parental resource- share parental resource so move later

Question 3

 Costs of learning to walk

Answer 3

o Percetual affordances need to be learned again, Falling (persists with feedback)

Question 4

• Benefits of learning to walk

Answer 4

o Walk faster, See more, Play more, Interact more

Question 5

walking…

Answer 5

• Learn limits
• Learning is specific to the problem space
• Does not transfer knowledge from one to another (crawling to walking)
• Learn to avoid fall faster