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Infant Motor Development: Getting Started

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Theorists

Choose from the following theorists.  

  • James Gibson’s Ecological Theory of Perception

  • Thelen’s Dynamic Systems Theory

  • Piaget Cognitive Development Theory- Sensorimotor (substages)

  • Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development - Trust vs. Mistrust or Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt.

  • John Bowlby and/or Mary Ainsworth

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