Nurse Scott Thigpen conducts a parenting class at Satilla Hospital once a month. During his lecture on infant development, Thigpen says that development reaches from the middle outward. As an example of this principle, he states, "Your child will have control of his or her upper arms before the fingers." To which principle of development is Scott Thigpen referring?

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The principle of development referred to is the proximal-distal principle, which states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward. This means that infants gain control over their shoulders and upper arms before their hands and fingers.

Nurse Scott Thigpen Conducts a Parenting Class at Satilla Hospital