01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.3: Finger Food, Handedness, Dynamical System
27 Feb 2017
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Motor skills: coordinated movements of the muscles and limbs. In little more than a year advances in posture and locomotion change the newborn from being motionless to a standing, walking individual. By about 4 months: most babies can sit upright with support. By 6-7 months: they can sit without support. By 7-8 months: stand if they hold onto something for support. By 11month: they can stand alone briefly and walk with assistance. By 24 month: children can climb steps, walk backward, and kick a ball. Toddlers: a young child who has just learned to walk. Dynamic system theory: theory that views development as involving many distinct skills that are organized and reorganized over time to meet demands of specific tasks. Ex: walking includes maintaining balance, moving limbs, perceiving the environment and having a reason to move understanding each skill and how they are combine to allow infant to walk. Upright position is difficult for young infants because they are top-heavy.
