1) Process through which we pass during the course of our life.

2) The change in motor behavior across the lifespan.

3) A continuous age-related process-not age determined that progress to simple to complex skills.

4) Academic field of study that involves the progressions and regressions in our movement ability as we pass through life.

EXAMPLES:
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1) To understand why people normally development movement skills.

1) COGNITIVE DOMAIN: Concerns human intellectual development. THINKING...

2) AFFECTIVE DOMAIN: Concerned with the social and emotional aspects of human development. EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL...

3) PSYCHOMOTOR: Development of human movement and factors that effect that development. All types of physical/bodily change.

MATURATION: Qualitative functional (BEHAVIORAL) changes occurring with age.

GROWTH: Quantitative structural changes occurring with age.

DEVELOPMENT=Growth and Maturation

INDIVIDUAL CONSTRAINTS:

1) STRUCTURAL EXAMPLES-
Height
Muscle Mass

2) FUNCTIONAL EXAMPLES-
Behavior
Attention
Motivation

EXAMPLES:

Physical (gravity, surfaces)

Sociocultural (gender roles, cultural norms)

RELATED TO TASKS OR SKILLS:

Goal of task
Rules guiding task performance
Equipment

-Ascend up the mountain

-progress from the prenatal period, to the base of the mountain, and finally the peak

-Must contend with environmental changes

LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH:
-Individual or group is observed over a long period of time.
-Study can require a lengthy observation


CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH:
-Individual's or groups of different ages are observed.
-Change is inferred, not actually observed.

PROCESS
-The end result or outcome.
-Task oriented approach.

PRODUCT
-The emphasis on movement itself-with little emphasis on OUTCOME.