Human Motor Development. A Lifespan Approach (Softcover)

Description

The new edition of this classic text has been streamlined and thoroughly updated, but it still reflects the authors' philosophy that motor development is an interactive process thatcontinues across the lifespan. Human motor development is strongly influenced by the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical changes that take place as an individual ages, and this book examines these interactions while maintaining its focus on the movement aspects of human development. It will help readers understand how people typicallydevelop movement skills throughout the lifespan, diagnose problems in those individuals who may be developing atypically, and design developmentally appropriate activitiesthat enable optimal teaching/learning of movement skills for people of all ages and ability levels.

In this ninth edition, the authors have expanded coverage of motor development of adults and older adults whilecontinuing to emphasize the all-important child and adolescent time periods. They have also incorporated currentresearch throughout to support key discussions. Students will appreciate the book's readability, affordability, logical organization, and visually appealing layout; instructors will appreciate that its new length is more appropriate for a semester-long class.

Contents

Part 1: An Overview of Development

1. Introductionto Motor Development
2. Cognitive and Motor Development
3. Social and Motor Development

Part 2: Factors That Affect Development

4. Prenatal Development Factors
5. Effects of EarlyStimulation and Deprivation

Part 3: Physical Changes Across the Lifespan

6. Growth and Maturation
7. PhysiologicalChanges: Health-RelatedPhysicalFitness
8. Movement and theChangingSenses

Part 4: Movement Across the Lifespan

9. InfantReflexes and Stereotypies
10. VoluntaryMovements of Infancy
11. Fine Motor Development
12. Fundamental Locomotion Skills of Childhood
13. Fundamental Object-Control Skills of Childhood
14. YouthSports
15. Movement in Adulthood

Part 5: Assessing Motor Development

Assessment