Human motor development: A lifespan approach V. Gregory Payne, Larry D. Isaacs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.Edition: 8th edDescription: xxvi, 548, 15, 16 p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780078022494
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.92 22
LOC classification:
  • RJ133 .P39 2012
Other classification:
  • SPO000000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT 1: Introduction to Motor Development 2: Cognitive and Motor Development 3: Social and Motor Development 4: Moral and Motor Development PART II: FACTORS THAT AFFECT DEVELOPMENT 5: Prenatal Development Concerns 6: Effects of Early Stimulation and Deprivation PART III: PHYSICAL CHANGES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 7: Growth and Maturation 8: Physiological Changes: Health-Related Physical Fitness 9: Movement and the Changing Senses PART IV: MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 10: Infant Reflexes and Stereotypes 11: Voluntary Movements of Infancy 12: Fine Motor Development 13: Fundamental Locomotion Skills of Childhood 14: Fundamental Object-Control Skills of Childhood 15: Youth Sports 16: Development Motor Delays 17: Movement in Adulthood PART V: ASSESSING MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM 18: Assessment 19: Planning and Conducting Developmental Movement Programs Appendix A: Growth Charts: National Center for Health Statistics Appendix B: Body Mass Index Table Appendix C: Summary of the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health Appendix D: Summary of the CDC's Guidelines for School and Community Programs Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity Appendix E: Observation Plans Appendix F: List of Web Sites.
Summary: "Now in its Eighth Edition, this topically organized text provides a comprehensive introduction to lifespan motor development and includes the most current research findings available in the field. The text takes a lifespan approach to development, with thorough coverage of prenatal, childhood, adolescent, and adult development. Theoretical concepts are conveyed through language appropriate for undergraduate students. This is the only lifespan motor development text that presents both the component approach and the total body approach for analyzing the basic fundamental and object control skills of childhood"--
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: Preface PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT 1: Introduction to Motor Development 2: Cognitive and Motor Development 3: Social and Motor Development 4: Moral and Motor Development PART II: FACTORS THAT AFFECT DEVELOPMENT 5: Prenatal Development Concerns 6: Effects of Early Stimulation and Deprivation PART III: PHYSICAL CHANGES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 7: Growth and Maturation 8: Physiological Changes: Health-Related Physical Fitness 9: Movement and the Changing Senses PART IV: MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 10: Infant Reflexes and Stereotypes 11: Voluntary Movements of Infancy 12: Fine Motor Development 13: Fundamental Locomotion Skills of Childhood 14: Fundamental Object-Control Skills of Childhood 15: Youth Sports 16: Development Motor Delays 17: Movement in Adulthood PART V: ASSESSING MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM 18: Assessment 19: Planning and Conducting Developmental Movement Programs Appendix A: Growth Charts: National Center for Health Statistics Appendix B: Body Mass Index Table Appendix C: Summary of the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health Appendix D: Summary of the CDC's Guidelines for School and Community Programs Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity Appendix E: Observation Plans Appendix F: List of Web Sites.

"Now in its Eighth Edition, this topically organized text provides a comprehensive introduction to lifespan motor development and includes the most current research findings available in the field. The text takes a lifespan approach to development, with thorough coverage of prenatal, childhood, adolescent, and adult development. Theoretical concepts are conveyed through language appropriate for undergraduate students. This is the only lifespan motor development text that presents both the component approach and the total body approach for analyzing the basic fundamental and object control skills of childhood"--

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