CLD 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Primitive Reflexes
24 Jan 2017
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Chapter 3 motor development: a theoretical model. Focus on the typical products of development. Use: phase/ stage; developmental milestone; or developmental task approaches to better understand development: explanatory theories (inverted triangle) Focus on the underlying processes of development. Use: dynamic systems and ecological approaches to better understand development. The developmentalists should be interested in what people are typically like at particular age periods (description) and why these characteristics occur (explanation). A theory is a group of statements, concepts, or principles that integrate existing facts an lead to the generation of new facts. Attempts to organize and explain current knowledge. We are able to observe developmental differences in movement behaviour. We can do this through observation of changes in process (form) and product (performance). Observable movement may be grouped into three functional categories according to their purpose and across all of the phases of motor development: stabilizing movement task.
