Medicine Hat Mall Observation

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In this paper will be to document and compare fundamental motor skills, cognition, communication, and social emotional behaviors of adults. One activity attended to provide information for this paper was an observation done at the Medicine Hat mall on the 24th of March. The class was there at 9:30 am to 11am. There was an average temperature of 8°C that day with a slight wind and cloud cover. At the mall, two individuals were unknowingly observed for their general characteristic, how they walked, and their postures. They were not engaged in any other way however. The interaction component of this assignment was held on March 31st at the same time but on the second floor of the Southview Grand Condo in Medicine Hat. Food and beverages …show more content…

The information for this paper was gathered from these two activates and will be described in detail and then compared to other notes. Mall Observations Individual One Individual one was sitting with two other people in the middle of the food court at Medicine Hat Mall. He and his party had coffees and did not move from this spot except to throw away their coffee cups, but besides this activity, they did not leave the table. Individual one appeared to be in his mid to late 60’s and appeared to be around 5’5 or 5’4 in height. He also appeared be a little over weight. According to Sadowsky (2016) in the powerpoint on physiological changes in an adult, it is not unexpected to witness weight gain at his assumed aged as the metabolism slows. It is also not uncommon for there to be a shortening in height as the skeletal system shifts. Individual one had a very prominent case of kyphosis, especially while sitting. When Individual one did sit, his pelvis would flex up slightly and be pulled forward as that it was not sitting under his shoulders. It is also possible that muscle atrophy was causing the kyphosis and the flexion in the pelvis. Another reason to believe that muscle atrophy was present us

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