Understanding Motor Development
Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults
4th Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-0-697-29487-6 (ISBN)
Description
This text focuses on the phases of motor development, discussing several models of human development, including Piaget's and Erikson's. Describing how motor skills adapt and change from birth through to adulthood, introducing biological, affective, cognitive and behavioural aspects.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dubuque, IA
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-697-29487-6 (9780697294876)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Section 1 Background: understanding motor development, an overview; models of human development; factors affecting motor development; motor development, a theoretical model. Section 2 Infancy: parental factors affecting development; parental and infant growth; infant reflexes and rhythmical stereotypes; rudimentary movement abilities; infant perception. Section 3 Childhood: childhood growth and development; fundamental movement abilities; physical development of children; children perception and perceptual motor development; childhood self-concept development.