Understanding motor development : infants, children, adolescents, adults
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Understanding motor development : infants, children, adolescents, adults
McGraw-Hill, c2012
7th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Understanding Motor Development, a worldwide best-selling text, provides students with both an explanatory and a descriptive basis for the processes and products of motor development. Covering the entire life span, this text focuses on the phases of motor development and provides a solid introduction to the biological, affective, cognitive, and behavioral aspects within each developmental stage. The student is presented with the most up-to-date research and theory, while the Triangulated Hourglass Model is used as a consistent conceptual framework that brings clarity to understanding infant, childhood, adolescent, and adult motor development.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Background 1 Understanding Motor Development: An Overview 2 Models of Human Development 3 Motor Development: A Theoretical Model 4 Selected Factors Affecting Motor Development
Unit 2 Infancy 5 Prenatal Factors Affecting Development 6 Prenatal and Infant Growth 7 Infant Reflexes and Rhythmical Stereotypies 8 Rudimentary Movement Abilities 9 Infant Perception
Unit 3 Childhood 10 Childhood Growth and Development 11 Fundamental Movement Abilities 12 Physical Development of Children 13 Childhood Perception and Perceptual-Motor Development 14 Childhood Self-Concept Development
Unit 4 Adolescence 15 Adolescent Growth, Puberty, and Reproductive Maturity 16 Specialized Movement Abilities 17 Fitness Changes During Adolescence 18 Adolescent Socialization
Unit 5 Adulthood 19 Physiological Changes in Adults 20 Motor Performance in Adults 21 Psychosocial Development in Adults
Unit 6 Programming 22 Assessing Motor Behavior 23 Programming for Developmental Physical Activity
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