CLD 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Body Composition, Child Development
24 Jan 2017
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Chapter 1 understanding motor development: an overview. Motor development is continuous change in motor behaviour throughout the life cycle, brought about by interaction among the requirements of the movement task, the biology of the individual, and the conditions of the environment. The study of motor development cuts across the fields of exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor learning, and motor control, as well as the fields of developmental psychology and social psychology. In 1980, an interest in motor development increased and it was theory-based. Developmental kinesiologist (by smoll, 1982) describes those who study motor development: recognize that the specific physical and mechanical demands of a movement task transact with the biology of the individual and the conditions of the learning environment. Life spa(cid:374) perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e suggests that so(cid:373)e aspe(cid:272)ts of o(cid:374)e"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e conceptualized into domains, as being stage like or age-related, whereas others cannot. Each individual has a unique timetable for the acquisition of movement abilities and (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t skills.
