KIN 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Menarche, Ecological Systems Theory, Motor Learning
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Define motor development and understand its relationship with motor learning, motor control, and motor behavior. Motor development is the study of change in motor behavior. Motor behavior is a term that covers the combination of motor control, motor learning and motor development. Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative change utilizing a motor development perspective. Qualitative change: change in structure or organization as marked by the emergence of new behavior e. g. an infant learns to walk. Quantitative change: change in number or amount e. g. height or weight. Define heredity, growth, development, learning, and maturation with a motor development perspective. Heredity: set of qualities fixed at birth that account for many individual traits and characteristics. Growth: observable changes in quantity/increases in body size influenced by maturation or environment. Development: change in an individual"s level of functioning influenced by growth, heredity, maturation, experience. Maturation: occurrence of specific biological landmark events e. g. age of menarche, onset of adolescent growth spurt etc.
