Lifelong motor development

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gabbard, Carl P. , 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts : Pearson-Benjamin Cummings , c2012
Edition:6th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to the developmental perspective
  • 2. Heredity and neurological changes
  • 3. Physical growth changes
  • 4. Physiological changes
  • 5. Factors affecting growth and development
  • 6. Perceptual development
  • 7. Information processing and motor control
  • 8. Early movement behavior
  • 9. Motor behavior during early childhood
  • 10. Motor behavior during later childhood and adolescence
  • 11. Motor behavior in the adult years
  • 12. Assessment
  • 13. Sociocultural influences on motor development