CHYS 3P26 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Hypotonia, Motor Planning, Muscle Tone
6 Nov 2017
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3 contemporary theoretical approaches that reflect different views. Early reflex model proposed that infants are born with a repertoire of innate movement patterns that serve as the foundation for later movement. Hierarchical model expanded on the reflex model, focused on the role of the cerebral cortex on the development of volitional control movement. These movement patterns were known as primitive reflexes. Involuntary, automatic, and stereotypical responses to specific sensory stimuli that are typically seen only in infancy. Motor development progress in a head-to-foot direction. Movement control occurs in a proximal-to-distal sequence. Movement occurs in a predictable, sequential pattern among children who are developing typically. Acknowledges that maturation of the central nervous system are insufficient to explain motor development. Motor development as part of an open system. Proposes that motor skills are learned through active movement exploration and through the interaction of all systems available to the child within the body and environment. Some common features with dynamic systems theory.
