Question | Answer |
What are the aspects of PSYCHOMOTOR development? | Qualitative, sequential, cumulative, directional, multifactorial, and individual or variable. |
What does the QUALITATIVE aspect refer to? | It refers to how a child PERFORMS a skill. |
What does the SEQUENTIAL aspect refer to? | It asks whether a skill PROGRESSES from SIMPLE TO MORE COMPLEX x actions in a PREDETERMINED sequence. |
What does the CUMULATIVE aspect refer to? | It asks if skills BUILD UPON SKILL. |
What does the MULTIFACTORIAL aspect refer to? | It asks if factors that may INFLUENCE the performance of a skill is considered. |
What does INDIVIDUAL OR VARIABLE mean? | It asks if DIFFERENCES IN ABILITY are taken into account. |
What is COGNITIVE development? | It refers to the KNOWLEDGE, THINKING, REASONING, AND ACTING during the development of a skill. Know that children are MULTI-SENSORY learners. |
What is AFFECTIVE development? | It refers to SELF-CONCEPT development and POSITIVE SOCIALIZATION in a child. |
What is the SENSITIVE LEARNING PERIOD? | It refers to the window of opportunity where skills are easier to learn, especially during the ages of 3-8. |
What is LABAN'S MOVEMENT ANALYSIS? | It is an approach that teaches movement - providing experiences in all the basic movements that can be built upon to form all types of activity. |
What is the BODY aspect of Laban's Movement Analysis? | It refers to the WHAT the body is doing and the FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT that is needed to complete a task or skill. These include body SHAPES (pin, ball, screw), ACTIONS (locomotor, stability, manipulative) and BALANCE. |
What is the SPACE aspect of Laban's Movement Analysis? | It refers to WHERE the body is going. It involves PERSONAL space and GENERAL SPACE, DIRECTIONS, LEVELS, PATHWAYS, EXTENSIONS, AND PLANES. |
What is the EFFORT aspect of Laban's Movement Analysis? | It refers to HOW the body is moving, as influenced by TIME, WEIGHT/FORCE, SPACE, and FLOW. |
What is the RELATIONSHIP aspect of Laban's Movement Analysis? | It refers to WHO/WHAT the body is interacting with. This includes the environment and/or people. |