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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2010 Winter;22(1):71–85. doi: 10.1017/S0954579409990277

Table 2.

Experimental tasks

Items
Performance Criteria
Key Item Features
Functional Nonfunctional Bilateral/
Unilateral
Position Location Movement
Dynamic
Repetition Object
Affordance
Unique
Movement
Shake maraca Shake potato masher Object hand moves, other hand still Grasps radially Object strikes opposite hand Lateral movement Repeated movement (×3) Makes sound Hit against palm
Scribble marker Scribble straw Holds object in only one hand NA Marker tip on paper surface Moves marker back and forth Repeated movement (×3) Makes line on paper Scribbled wavy line
Blow cotton Blow stone NA NA Object on table surface Child leans and blows on object NA Moves object across table Blows on object to move
Shake bells Shake cloth Holds object in only one hand NA Holds above eye level Lateral movement Repeated movement (×3) Makes sound Waves over head
Line with marker in mouth Line with stick in mouth NA Object held in mouth Object tip on paper surface Child moves head to move object tip NA Makes line on paper Marker held in mouth
Poke putty Poke sponge Uses only one hand Uses thumb pointed downward NA Drill thumb into object with rotation NA Makes hole in putty Twists thumb into putty
Tear lollipop wrapper Tear paper Holds object in only one hand NA Places object between teeth Pulls object in teeth away from mouth NA Removes wrapper Tears with teeth
Lick lollipop Lick plastic disk Holds object in only one hand NA Brings object to protruding tongue Pulls object down across tongue Repeated movement (×3) Tastes lollipop Pulls object across tongue