PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Pubic Hair, Dynamical System, Scrotum

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Thelen"s model of development of motor skills in which infants who are motivated to accomplish a task create a new motor behaviour from the available physical abilities. Nature and nurture contribute to development of motor skills. The babies" tasks or goal unites nature and nurture. Babies use available skills/coordination/balance to create behaviours in order to accomplish goals. Any 2 children of the same age will have different physical resources available to them. 2 stages of developing new motor behaviour: exploration: many different responses in a random/uncoordinated way, selection: baby learns what works and fine-tunes the many responses into an efficient package. Dynamic systems predict motor skills a child will develop at any given time will depend on; The task at hand (influenced by environment/experience) The physical abilities the child already possesses (influenced by biological maturation and prior experiences) Thelen attached a string to infants feet which in turn was attached to a mobile.

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