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4. Motor Development Flashcards

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Motor development was previously believed to be an element of n____ m____

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Neurological maturity

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Most researchers now take a d____ s____ t____ (DST) approach

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Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) approach

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Define Dynamic

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Change over time

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Define system
Many e____ i____

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Many elements interacting

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Dynamic systems theory explains how b____ c____ over t____

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How behaviour changes over time

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What are six causes dynamic systems theory emphasises for motor development? (HOW)
1. Increases in s____ and w____
2. N____ mechanism
3. P____ control
4. B____
5. P____ skills
6. M____

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  1. Increases in strength and weight
  2. Neural mechanism
  3. Posture control
  4. Balance
  5. Perceptual skills
  6. Motivation
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Fill in the gaps about dynamic system theory
1. Most children arrive at m____
2. Children may arrive at m____ via different r____
3. The process depends more upon e____, c____ and l____ than was previously thought

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  1. milestones
  2. milestones routes
  3. experimentation, curiosity, learning
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Motor development is an o____ p____

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Ongoing Process

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Motor skills are divided into ____ categories

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2

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Give three examples of fine motor skills (smaller muscles)
1. G____
2. Object m____
3. D____

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  1. Grasping (hand)
  2. Object manipulation
  3. Drawing
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Give five examples of gross motor skills (large muscles)
1. S____
2. R____
3. C____
4. W____
5. R____

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  1. Sitting
  2. Reaching (arm)
  3. Crawling
  4. Walking
  5. Running
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Fill in the gaps about the stepping reflex
1. Co____ behaviour resembling wa____
2. Al____ leg movements
3. “disappears” around __ m____ of age

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  1. Coordinated, walking
  2. Alternating
  3. 2 months
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Why does the stepping reflex stop at age 2 months?

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Rapid weight gain causes legs to get heavier faster than they get stronger

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How do we know that the stepping reflex is not neurological maturity?
Because infants can do the same behaviour when l____ d____ (d____ g____ p____)

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Because infants can do the same behaviour when laying down (distributed gravitational pull)

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Sitting independently aids r____

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Reaching

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Sitting independently has a cascading effect on i____ p____

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Infant perception

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Sitting creates new opportunities for exploring. New opportunities for exploring shapes v____ p____

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visual perception

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Figure/ground assignment allows us to do what?
Identify objects from the b____
Understand d____ and p____ r____

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Identify objects (figures) from the background
Understand depth and plan reaching

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Adults use what three things to determine figure/ground?
1. Sy____
2. Co____ (cu____)
3. Lo____ region

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Symmetry
Convexity (curvature)
Lower region

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Infants need figure/ground segregation to guide what three things?
1. At____
2. Ey____ movements
3. Le____

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Attention
Eye movements
Learning

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A signifiant preference in Ross-Sheehy et al 2016 figure/ground experiment indicates what?
S____ infants perceive s____ as a cue to figure/ground a____
S____ may be related to perceiving d____

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Sitting infants perceive symmetry as a cue to figure/ground assignment
Sitting may be related to perceiving depth

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What is meant by reaching and grasping?
S____ out one or both h____ toward something to t____ or g____ it

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Stretching out one or both hands toward something to touch or grasp it

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What are three things children must be able to do to reach?
1. Locate the g____
2. Have a stable b____
3. Control a____ e____
V____ timing = need all components to ‘a____’ into successful reach

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  1. Locate the goal
  2. Have a stable base
  3. Control arm extension

Variable Timing - need all components to ‘assemble’ into successful reach

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Initial reaches are swiping movements. Reaching becomes stable after what?

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Independent sitting
With increased experience, more signs of anticipation in grasping

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What results were found in sticky mittens experiments? - After only __ week infants’ in the training group grasps and reached significantly ____ often than their peers - Effect persists for __ months - But Williams, Corbetta & Guam (2015) found non-sticky mittens had ____ performance
- After only one week infants’ in the training group grasps and reached significantly more often than their peers - Effect persists for 12 months - But Williams, Corbetta & Guam (2015) found non-sticky mittens had higher performance
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Piaget created the “A-not-B” task to test 8-10mo infants’ representations. What is the "A-not-B" task? - Hide toy at __, infant f____ (r____ ~ 6x) - Hide toy at __, infants searches __, not __
- Hide toy at A, infant finds (repeat ~6x) - Hide toy at B, infant searches A, not B
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Piaget reasoned infants do not have object permanence until what age?
Around 10 months
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Behaviour is the product of what three things? This means A-not-B error is the result of what? 1. P____ h____ 2. Just p____ p____ 3. P____ - P____ a____ to A and p____ r____ to A
Past history Just previous past Present Previous attention to A and practice reaching to A
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DST explanation includes what three things? 1. At____ 2. Mo____ memory 3. Pr____
Attractors Motor memory Preservation
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What errors persists in the A-not-B task showing it can't be because of object permanence? 1. There is no r____ on A 2. There are l____ d____ even in a____ 3. If you change p____ between trials, erros are r____
- There is no reaching on A – There are no objects (just wave lids) – Unmarked locations (sandbox) in 2-4yrs - There are long delays – even in adults - If you change posture between trials errors are reduced (less reliant on motor memory)
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At around what age do infants become capable to self-locomotion?
8 months
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Toddlers begin walking independently around what age?
13-14 months (toddling gait - unstable, this is where word toddler comes from!)
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What research findings support the fact motor skills are context dependent? 1. Knowledge does not t____ from c____ to w____ 2. __% of children plunged down a____ slopes, but did become more cautious with e____ 3. K____ is context dependent
- Knowledge does not transfer from crawling to walking - 67% of children plunged down ALL slopes, but did become more cautious with experience - Knowledge is context dependent
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What is the importance of falling? Falling (errors in b____ and m____ c____) may help us understand the role of e____ in e____ d____
Falling (errors in balance and motor control) may help us understand the role of errors in early development.
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After a fall, infants returned to play on average after how many seconds?
1.84s
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Impact of toddlers falling over is mitigated by what two things? 1. Small b____ size 2. 2. Infants' quick r____ behaviours (e.g. b____ with h____)
1.Small body size 2. Infants' quick reactive behaviours (e.g. bracing with hands)
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What were Han and Adolph (2020) four findings on the importance of falling? 1. Infants rarely fu____ 2. Caregivers were rarely co____ 3. Wa____ experience did not predict fu____, caregiver co____ or re____ 4. Frequent, low-impact errors encourage fu____ pr____
- Infants rarely fussed (4% of falls) * Caregivers were rarely concerned (8%) * Walking experience did not predict fussing, caregiver concern or recovery * Frequent, low-impact errors encourage further practice
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What age group has higher rates of pedestrian injuries than any other age group?
Children 5 - 14 years
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What was found in an experiment of crossing the road with friends? P____ pose a r____ to road safety Adolescents took r____ gaps with a f____ than a____ To compensate for short gaps, they e____ and c____ faster When solo, f____ crossers were more r____ __yo first crossers riskier than adults
Peers pose a risk to road safety... - Adolescents took riskier gaps with a friend than alone - To compensate for short gaps, they entered and crossed faster - When solo, first crossers were more risky (and 12yo first crossers riskier than adults)
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Motor development depends on what three things? 1. Ex____ 2. Cu____ 3. Learning by ex____
Experimentation Curiosity Learning by experience
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Motor development is an ____ process
Ongoing
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Behaviour is the product of ne____ ti____
nested timescales
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Motor experience is related to l____
Language
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The effects of neglect in Romanian orphans were not u____ This shows development is a c____ i____ between e____ input and g____
Universal Shows development is complex interplay between environmental input and genetics

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