KNES 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ontogeny, Arnold Gesell, Information Processing
28 Feb 2018
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Study intracutural study of 2 groups of hopi indisans: a ground that used a cradling board, a group tht did not use such a board, less opportunity to develop coordination. Support: a strong mautralation (nature) postion since cradele board fif not retard infants walking, environment does affect walking. Criticism: genetic differences (not twins, cradled i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ere off . Study: a study of child rearing practices in kenya. Compared the motor development of infants: raised in rural kenya, raised in urban kenya where parents had adopted many western childrearing practices, raised in western country. Answer: yes and no: rural infants sat, stood, and walked 4-6 weeks sooner than western counterparts (european whites, urban infants sat, stood, and wlked 2-3 weeks sooner than western. Study: a study of twins (fraternal) who has differital motoric environmental stimulation during the day, jonny had a lot of opportunities for motor practices with different people, but.
