KNPE 237 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motor Skill, Motor Learning, Motor Control
1 Dec 2015
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Chapter 1 - fundamental concepts of motor development. Process of change in movement: continuous, age-related, sequential. Research involves exploring changes and factors underlying. Motor control: relatively permanent gains in motor skill capability associated with practice or experience, neural, physical, and behavioral aspects of movement, focus on nervous and controlling muscles. Maturation: quantitative, qualitative advance in cells, organs, or body systems, can be used to refer to growing older regardless of. Differentiation: progressing from gross, immature movements to precise intentional movements. Integration: using multiple motor systems in unison. Fine movements: movements using large muscle groups, movements using small muscle groups. The term stages is often substituted for the term age periods . Neonatal period: embryonic period, fetal period, infancy, toddlerhood. People have 3 major types of constraints. A person"s unique physical and mental characteristics. Can change over a short period of time. The goals of a particular movement or activity. Specific to the task (rules, goals, equipment)
