Human Growth and Development / Unit 18 HGD 2576 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Perception and Action
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The idea
Dynamic systems theory, entry 0332, holds that motor milestones emerge from interacting systems, body, senses, brain and environment, and the visual cliff shows perception tuned by moving, entry 0341.
In practice
Karen Adolph's infants learning how to move safely with each new way of moving, entry 0341.
Where people slip
Perception and action develop together; each new way of moving has to be learned.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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