KIN 4512 Chapter : Chapter 1 Outline
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Chapter 1 fundamental concepts: characteristics of motor development, involves change in movement behavior. Continuous = cumulative change happening throughout your life. Sequential = occur one after the other; series of changes. Real world examples: constraints, limits or discourages certain movements, permits or encourages other movements, shapes movement, newell"s model of constraints (figure in book, individual constraints, inside the body (internal, structural constraints: related to the body"s structure; quantitative. Ex: height, muscle mass basketball players tend to be taller shorter people see limitations: functional constraints: related to behavioral function. Ex: attention, motivation can change depending on the behavior looking at; qualitative: environmental constraints, outside the body: properties of the world around us, global, not task specific, physical. Overhand throwing: identify the developmental order form most advanced to. 3 questions that can be used to determine if something is a developmental issue or topic: