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Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prehension | is the grasping od an object usually with the hand or hands. |
| Body scaling | is adapting characteristics of the task or environment to the overall body size or to the size of a body component such as the same movement or action can be carried out by individuals of different sizes because the ratio of body size to object or dimensi |
| Developmental profile | is a combination or the development steps shown by a performer over all body components. For example, a developmental profile for catching could be arm 2, hand 3, body 2. |
| Coincidence-anticipation | tasks are motor skills in which one anticipates the completion of a movement to coincide with the arrival of a moving object. |
| Affordance | is an action or behaviour provided or permitted for an actor by the places, objects, and events in an environment; it is often related to the relative sizes of the actor and the objects. |
| Invariance | stability in the kinematic values of set of movement (i.e., keeping patters in the environment constant) |
| Optic array | consists of the light waves reverberating from surfaces in the environment- in other words, the stimulus for visual perception. When movement of environmental objects or of the viewer in the environment occurs, the optic array expands when the movement is |
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Prof.T.Klarner
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