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Arner, Robert S. – 1965
Man's phylogenetic development has resulted in a potential for environmental interaction in a symbolic and conceptual manner. There are ontogenetic requirements to develop such potential. The process by which man learns is sequential and involves perceptual-motor-cognitive abilities. There is an optimum respectivity period at each developmental…
Descriptors: Evolution, Guidance, Human Development, Individual Development
Thelen, Esther; Smith, Linda B. – 1994
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed theory of early human development based on the principles of dynamic systems theory. It raises fundamental questions about prevailing assumptions in the field and proposes a new theory of the development of cognition and action, unifying recent advances in dynamic systems theory with current research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development, Learning Processes

WHITE, BURTON L. – 1966
SEVERAL STUDIES ON SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTIONS IN INFANTS WERE REPORTED. DAY-TO-DAY OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF INSTITUTIONALIZED INFANTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT BASELINE DATA ON ADAPTIVE ABILITIES IN CHILDREN. THE EVOLUTION OF FUNDAMENTAL SENSORIMOTOR SKILLS WAS TRACED TO PROVIDE CLUES FOR THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Lindquist, Edith L. – 1971
This study continues the investigation of the general organizational plan used by good motor learners in acquiring a complex motor skill (tennis serve). The General Serve Problem Solving Model (GSPS), developed in earlier research, was utilized in an effort to improve and broaden it so that other types of learners may be studied and compared. Six…
Descriptors: Child Development, Human Development, Individual Development, Learning
Randolph, Shirley L.; And Others – 1994
Noting that humans develop according to a genetically encoded timeline and that departure from the timeline limits human potential, this book provides an illustrated practical guide to intervention to help children's bodies work as they should, to nurture children along their developmental timeline, to help children learn "from the inside…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Health