UO Lifespan Growth and Motor Development

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
HLTH 1027
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Course ID
203771
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
1
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

The aim of this course is to study the influences on typical human growth and development with particular emphasis on emerging motor and social behaviours. Models of lifelong human development; developmentalist terminology; transactional model of motor development; physical growth and physiological changes across the five primary periods of the lifespan; influences on pre- and post-natal growth and motor development; emergence, peaking and regression of motor behaviour across the lifespan; visual perceptual, social and cognitive development and its influence across the lifespan; unique potential of each individual; cultural influences on an individuals' experience of lifespan growth and development.

Course learning outcomes

  • Describe the basic characteristics and principles of human growth, human development, human behaviour.
  • Predict the factors which impact on individuals' choice and participation across the lifespan.
  • Deconstruct change in human behaviour into influences of heredity/person, environment and demands of the task.
  • Describe conditions that commonly present during certain stages of growth and development.

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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