The Tendency for Motor Skills to Emerge in Sequence from the Head

question 5

Multiple Choice

The tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet is called the _____ rule.

• A)motor
• B)cognitive
• C)proximodistal
• D)cephalocaudal

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Definitions:

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