HDEV 200 Chapter 11: Ch 11
19 Jul 2016
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General principles of physical/motor development: 3 motor growth gradients: cephalocaudal (head to outer limbs area) Mcgraw"s theory of physical/motor development: contemporary of gesell and watson, studied young children in columbia. University, questioned gesell"s assumption that structure preceded function: interested in how motor dev affected not just by maturation process, but also by environmental opportunities, view was structure-function interactions might better explain development, mcgraw and dewey hypothesized. Theoretical influence and critique: instrumental in demonstrating empirical ways that perception can be directly explored, testable/falsifiable theory, source of recent studies of perceptual development. Neuroscience influences on developmental theory: more sophisticated ways of measuring brain activity to study. Chapter 11: theoretical perspectives from physical/motor and perceptual development, Theoretical influence and critique: only beginning to influence theories of development, link btwn neuropsychologists and developmental theorists isn"t strong, neuroscience research is beginning to affect study of developmental change.
