PEDS302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Motor Skill, Infant
23 Feb 2015
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What is motor development: change in movement abilities over time. A period of time over which development happens. 3 weeks for a neonate versus a teenager. Not development . but related: motor learning practice or experience (peds 203) : relatively permanent gains in motor skill capability associated with: motor control. : the neural, physical, and behavioural aspects of movement. 9-month old uses sofa to pull and stand; within a month the infant walks: a 7 year old throws a ball 20 meters; 9-months later they can throw 30 meters. 15 year old soccer player practices penalty kicks every day for 3-weeks, then scores a penalty kick in a game. Related terms covered in ch 5 and after midterm: physical growth: quantitative increase in size or body mass, physical maturation: qualitative advance in biological makeup; cell, organ, or system advancement in biochemical composition. Gross & fine motor skills: distinctiveness of beginning and end.
