PSYC 3305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Moro Reflex, Motor Skill, Squatting Position
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Chapter 5: motor, sensory, and perceptual development: motor development, the dynamic systems view a. i. Previous view was that motor development occurred in strictly fixed stages due to genes or simple maturation a. ii. Dynamic systems theory: developed by esther thelen; infants assemble motor skills for perceiving and acting a. iii. An infant perceives something and uses the motor skills to reach/do it a. iv. Motor skills are pathways to an infant"s goals a. v. Development of the motor skill is influenced by a. v. 1. The infant actively creates the skill: reflexes b. i. Allow the infant to respond adaptively to the environment before they can learn b. ii. Rooting reflex: when an infant"s cheek is stroked or the side of its mouth is touched, it"ll turn its head in that direction to find something to suck b. iii. Sucking reflex: newborns will suck on an object placed in their mouth b. iv. Moro reflex: when startled, babies arch their backs, throw their head back, and fling their arms out.
