Motor Development Mid-Term Exam - October 2024 PDF

# Motor Development Mid-Term Exam **Note:** October 8, 2024 **Instructions:** Answer with short statements. Complete sentences with a restatement of the question are inappropriate. **1. Define Motor Development.** (3 pts) The study of changes in growth, development, and motor performance across...

# Motor Development Mid-Term Exam **Note:** October 8, 2024 **Instructions:** Answer with short statements. Complete sentences with a restatement of the question are inappropriate. **1. Define Motor Development.** (3 pts) The study of changes in growth, development, and motor performance across the lifespan, including similarities between infants and older adults. **2. List major factors influencing motor performance.** (2 pts) * Heredity * Maturation * Experience * Growth **3. List (6 pts) and describe (6 pts) the sequence of brain and CNS development.** (12 pts) * **a. Cell proliferation:** Generating immature neurons * **b. Migration:** Movement of neurons to different locations in the brain. * **c. Integration:** Interaction of neural groups. * **d. Differentiation:** Progression of control. * **e. Myelination:** Covering of neural pathways. **4. Developmental Sequences of Growth and Control.** (2 pts) * **Cephalocaudal:** Growth from head to toe. * **Proximodistal:** Growth from midline to periphery. **5. What are phylogenetic skills? Give an example.** (2 pts) Phylogenetic skills are skills or behaviors naturally acquired by a species, such as crawling. **6. What are ontogenetic skills? Give an example.** (2 pts) Ontogenetic skills are skills or behaviors that need to be learned, such as dancing.