PEDS207 Lecture Notes - Twin, Motor Skill, Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education and Sport
• Course: PEDS207
• Professor: Jody Virr

Document Summary

Sept 13 - chapter 2: theoretical perspectives in motor development. Overview: current motor development theories, how different theories, history of the field of motor development. Motor development: what happens? in the early stages, there isn"t much movement. Able to sit by themselves, crawl, understand some basic words. Ability to walk, run, understand more words than the previous stages, skills have increased. When talking about theoretical perspectives, we will have different reasons for why certain behaviours occurred. From a maturational perspective, all internal processes were important. Maturationists interest in process: mcgraw (1935, associated motor behaviour changes with development of nervous system. Interested in the processes: used fraternal twins this is a problem because the genetics now are different between the 2 kids. Long-lasting beliefs from maturation theory: basic motor skills emerge automatically, there is no need for special training, mild deprivation doesn"t arrest development, the nervous system is most important.