MOTOR DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
(78 cards)
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Boys and Girl Diff.
-Body size?
________
-Anatomy?
________
-Physiological functioning ?
________
-societal factors
_________
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- No
- not significant
- no
- upbringing differences
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name?
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Secondary aging
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________________________
- stimulus- tilt infant
- response- infant moves head to stay upright
- time - 2 to 12 month
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LABYRINTHINE RIGHTING REFLEX
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The number of health problems experienced by the individual
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Physical condition
5
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If you get heart disease, does exercise help?
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The standard group had 796 deaths while the exercise group had 759 deaths. So yes it does help but only 1/4 maintained the exercise programs.
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Periods of growth sports
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Saltation
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The voluntary use of the hands in manipulating objects
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Prehension
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____________________________
- stimulus-turn infants head
- response-same side limbs extend,
- opposite limbs flex
- lost around 6 months
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ASYMMETRICAL TONIC NECK REFLEX
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________________:
- parental & family interactions
- dietary factors
- educational opportunities
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
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A complicated series of movements that resemble certain voluntary ambulatory motions such as crawling, walking, or even swimming.
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Locomotor reflexes
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A tough but flexible tissue
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Cartilage
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_______________________
- assist infant in maintaining posture (head or body position) in a changing environment
- birth to one year, sometimes in adulthood
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POSTURAL REFLEXES
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Areas of bone growth after birth occurring near the end of the shaft.
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Secondary ossification centers
14
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What were the other stages recognized when it comes to the Middle Age Concept ?
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- Emergence of Adolescence
- Emergence of Late Adulthood
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________________:
- age related increase in capacities and skill.
- development is a function of all of the above.
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DEVELOPMENT
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The increase in the functional capacity of an individual (or a body part) without necessarily an increase in growth.
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Maturation
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Significant advances in locomotion that lead to adult walking behavior.
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Walking behaviors milestones
18
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_____________________:
- stimulus-object placed on palms
- response- hand grasps object with firm grip then lets go
- lost by 12 months
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GRASP REFLEXES
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_________________:
-Quantitative increase in size of the body parts
Def. - a quantitative increase in the size of certain anatomical structure.
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GROWTH
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Periods of no growth
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Stasis
21
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The Earliest movements are _____________Movements and reflexes
- these movements are movements of the leg and arm that occur without apparent stimulation.
- May serve as a foundation for later voluntary movement.
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Spontaneous Movement
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Assist the infant in maintaining posture (i.e. head or body position) in a changing environment.
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Postural reflexes
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The Importance of studying the Elderly is called?
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Gerontology
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Ambulatory of the whole body.
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Locomotion
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______________:
| -Increase in the functional use of a body part
MATURATION
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The increase in life expectancy from birth a population of people over the last several centuries
Secular trend in life expectancy
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Located within the mid-portions of long bones such as the femur and humerus where the beginning of ossification occurs.
Primary ossification centers
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Involves the reaching for and occasional contact with objects
Prereaching
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___________________:
Different subjects studied at one period of time.
EX.- study children from each age group 1 to 15 years of age at the same time
STRENGTH
-large amounts of data can be gathered in a short time.
WEAKNESSES
-less information on individual subjects
Cross-sectional
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________________:
| -Relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of practice.
LEARNING
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The infants use vision to guide their hands to the object.
Visually guided reaching
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____________________:
| Is the average age that all but a few individuals decease
Average life span
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____________________
- stimulus- hold infants in upright position on flat surface
- response stepping movements
- lost usually by 5-6 months
STEPPING REFLEX
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______________________:
| The number of years free of disability in ones life.
Active life expectancy
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_______________:
-same subjects studied over long periods of time
-Ex> Following 50 children’s growth patterns every year for 15 years.
STRENGTH
-provides great deal of data of individual growth and development changes
WEAKNESSES:
Time and resources... has a high potential loss of subjects
LONGITUDINAL
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The average number of years of life remaining for a population of people, usually expressed from birth.
Life expectancy
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The motor milestones of crawling and creeping
Pre-walking behaviors
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____________________
- Stimulus-loud noise, sudden loss of support, bumping of crib.
- response- leg draw up, arms extend and then retract, back arches
- if not present at birth-possible brain damage.
- lost at 3-6 months but can appear in modified from even in adult
MORO REFLEX (OR STARTLE REFLEX)
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Related to the individual’s own perceptions and feelings about his or her health.
Subjective health status
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The max age any member of a species or race of people can live presumably set by biological limits
Maximum life span
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Use of at least two separate groups of subjects differing in age.
Cross sectional design
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A condition that results from a lack of the mineral calcium, which leaves bones more susceptible to injury.
Osteoporosis
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What are todays view of Developmental stages ? STAGES specifically.
-Prenatal
-embryo
-fetus
-neonate
-infancy
-childhood
-Early Childhood
Late Childhood
-adolescent
-girls
-boys
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When it comes to the physiological decrements with aging of the elderly, stiffness increases in connective tissue-
Decreases in mobility and flexibility
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The period of growth the human fetus
Gestation
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Difference between males and females
Gender difference
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The changes in the capacities and skill level of the individual with age.
Development
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Is the change of height smooth and linear ?
Linear
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- toddler boys permitted and encouraged for vigorous _______ but girls are discouraged and sometimes ___________
Play
| Punished
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When is the highest velocity of growth?
0-1 years
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State that there is no single cause of the aging process
Multiple factor theories
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The study of the aging process
Gerontology
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Rapid infant reaching movements where visions not required until the hand is close to the object.
Visually elicited behavior
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The number of cell divisions that may be “programmed” into the cells genetic code.
Hayflick limit
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A process of physical changes in which a child’s body mature into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction to enable fertilization
Puberty
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Depends on at least three major elements of the individual: the physical condition, the functional condition, and the subject health status of the individual
Physical health
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Are those primarily under the control of the lower brain centers and can elicited in utero (within the womb) or in premature infants.
Primitive reflexes
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What are the three categories of Reflexes ?
- primitive
- postural
- locomotor
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The location of bone growth
Epipsheal plates
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What are todays view of Developmental stages ?
| AGE specifically.
- conception to birth
- 2 to 8 weeks
- 8 weeks to birth
- birth to 4 weeks
- birth to 1 year
- 1 to 10 years
- 1 to 6 years
- 6 to 10 years
- 8 to 20 years
- 8-10 to 18 years
- 8-12 to 20 years
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By year 2040, elderly (65 years and older) could make up to _________ of the US Population
20%
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______________________:
| The use of two hands in manipulating an object
Biannual prehension
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In terms of exercise helping extend life it does actual help extend life but what actually extends life by 35-80% longer ?
Caloric Restriction
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Sex differences in motor performance & physiological functioning.
-Boys better than girls between ages of 5-12(until puberty)
-various ball skills
-batting
-catching
-kicking
-throwing
Jumping
Running speed
-but not- fine coordination and flexibility
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When it comes to the physiological decrements with aging of the elderly, bone mineral loss will?
Increase risk of fracture
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__________________:
- time and resources.....
- has a high potential loss of subjects
WEAKNESSES
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The decline in function prior to death in the absence of disease or injury, of the cells, organs, and various physiological systems.
Primary aging
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_________________
| -involuntary response to a particular stimulus.
REFLEX
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Propose that aging is the result of deterioration of any number of physiological systems in the body such as the cardiovascular, immune, or nervous system.
Macroscopic theories
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State that the basis for the aging process is at the cellular level of the organism.
Microscopic theories
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Significant age related changes in aging
Stage of development
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__________________:
- A set of quantities that are relatively fixed at birth.
- and tend to set limits of certain characteristics.
HEREDITY
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______________________
- under control by lower brain centers
- elicited in uterO or in premature infants
- allow for movement in uterO, proper placement for birth
- most persist between 2 weeks to one year
PRIMITIVE REFLEXES
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Examines an individual (or group individuals) over an extended period.
Longitudinal design
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The ability of the individual to perform so-called activities of daily living (ADL), such as bathing, dressing, climbing stairs, rising from a chair, and so form
Functional condition
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A large set of variables such as parental and family interactions, dietary factors, and educational opportunities
Environmental influences
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_____________________:
- reflexes have a functional purpose.
- indicator of maturity and soundness of infants nervous system.
- strength of reflex not correlated with future motor skill.
- may also serve as a foundation for future voluntary movements
Characteristics of reflexes
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What is the Middle Ages Concept ?
- Phase consisting of Infancy & Adult
| - Ages consisting of Birth to age 7 & 7 to death
