Assuming the sequential movements are well timed, lag in the upper arm and forearm allows momentum to be transferred from proximal body parts to successively more distal body parts, increasing the speed of movement in the more distal body parts.

Very young children’s throws tend to consist of primarily what type of action?

Because not all muscle fibers are differentiated to a specific type of fiber, such as type I or type IIb, we know that infants’ early activities influence the proportion of fiber types, so we can prepare them to excel at certain kinds of activities in later life.

Until age 50 years, the loss of muscle mass is slight (approximately 10% of muscle mass).

Deficiencies of hormones rather than excesses of hormones disturb the normal process of growth and development.

Which of the following is the fastest growing in infancy and childhood?

On visual-kinesthetic perception tasks, children find the task more difficult if the information is presented first in the kinesthetic sense.

Which of the following task constraints makes catching more difficult for young children?

The sound patterns to which we are exposed in infancy might be the basis for cultural preferences for certain types of music.

Which of the following determine(s) how much catch-up growth takes place once a positive environment is restored following a period of retarded growth (due to a negative influence)? Select all that apply.