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Week 2- Motor Development Flashcards

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What’s the Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) approach

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  • Dynamic: Changes over time

- System: Many elements interacting

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DST emphasises multiple cause of motor development e.g.

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  • Increases in strength and weight
  • Balance
  • Neural mechanisms
  • Motivation
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Milestones of motor development from birth to 5 months

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  • Stepping reflex
  • Bounce when held upright
  • Mini push ups during tummy time
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Milestones of motor development from 6 to 10 months

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  • Sit up
  • Crawl
  • Cruise
  • Stand with support
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Milestones of motor development from 9 to 15 months

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  • Pull to a stand
  • Stand unsupported
  • Take first steps
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Milestones of motor development from 16 to 18 months

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  • Dance
  • Climb stairs with help
  • Walk backward
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Milestones of motor development from 2 years

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  • Run
  • Kick a ball
  • Jump from low step
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Examples of fine motor skills

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  • Smaller muscles
  • Grasping
  • Object manipulation
  • Drawing
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Gross motor skills

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  • Large muscles
  • Sitting
  • Crawling
  • Walking
  • Reaching
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When does stepping reflex “disappear”

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Around 2 months old

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Why does stepping reflex “disappear”

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Rapid weight gain causes legs to get heavier faster than stronger

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Infants need what to guide attention

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Figure/ground segregation

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Sitting may be related to

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Perceiving depth

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Reaching becomes stable after

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Independent sitting

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What is variable timing

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Need all components to “assemble” into a successful reach

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A not B test

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  • Hide toy in A, infant finds x6

- Hide toy in B, infant searches A

17
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DST explanation for A not B

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Attractors, motor memory, preservation

If you change posture between trials, errors are reduced

18
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At around 8 months infants become capable of

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Self-locomotion (crawl)

19
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Motor skills are dependent on

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Context

20
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Does knowledge transfer from crawling to walking?

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No

21
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Does falling alter subsequent behaviour?

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No

22
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Are adolescents more or less likely to risk road safety with friends rather than alone

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More likely to take riskier gaps with a friend

23
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Motor development is a __ process

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Ongoing

24
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Motor experience is related to

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Language

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