[KNES 370] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (61 pages long)

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KNES 370
• Professor: Du

Document Summary

Constraint: a property of the organism, environment or task that limits or sets boundaries on movement. Coordination: the spatial and temporal relationship between movement constituents. Fine motor skills: manipulative skills that involve the small muscles of the hands. Gross motor skills: motor skills that involve the large, force-producing muscles of the trunk, arms and legs. Manipulative skills: motor skills in which the purpose is to act on or with objects in the environment (e. g. , dribbling a ball, hammering) Phylogenetic motor skills: those motor skills that are common to all members of the species (e. g. , walking) Posture: maintenance of a desired orientation to the environment. Transport task: a movement task in which the body moves from one location to another. Motor development: the change in motor behavior over the lifespan and the processes that underlie the change. As life goes on movement behavior changes and transforms drastically.