The Comparative Motor Development of Baganda, American White, and American Black Infants1
- 1 December 1970
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 72 (6) , 1422-1428
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00160
Abstract
Baganda infants in Uganda were found to be significantly advanced in motor development during the first year of life when compared with Bayley's sample of American White and Black infants. Though they were not found to be as precocious as Geber's sample of Uganda infants, the same downward trend in degree of motor development during the second year of life was found. As age increased, developmental motor quotient (DMQ) decreased, but at 24 months of age the Baganda infants still obtained an average DMQ higher than either American sample. Several interpretations of these results are considered.Keywords
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