CMA Shape & Shape Flow Analysis Flashcards
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A 'spoke-like' directional movement in Shape theory creates:
Answer: A straight line from the body toward a point in the environment
Spoke-like directional movement creates a straight linear reach, like a spoke on a wheel radiating from the hub to the rim.
In Shape theory, 'condensing' Shape Flow refers to:
Answer: Shortening, narrowing, and hollowing — shrinking the body inward
Condensing Shape Flow is the inward, shrinking quality — the body narrows, shortens, and hollows, reducing its three-dimensional volume.
Which of the following movements would most exemplify 'carving' or 'shaping'?
Answer: Hugging another person, wrapping the arms volumetrically around them
Hugging exemplifies carving/shaping because the arms and body mold three-dimensionally around another person in the environment.
The Shape quality of 'spreading' relates to which spatial dimension?
Answer: Side/Side (widening)
Spreading is the widening or opening sideways — a Shape Flow change in the side-to-side or width dimension of the body.
In assessing developmental movement, a CMA notes a child's inability to use carving/shaping. This suggests a deficit in:
Answer: Spatial awareness and environmental relationship-building
Carving/Shaping is the mode through which movers relate volumetrically to the environment; its absence suggests difficulty forming three-dimensional relationships with space and people.
Shape Flow Support refers to:
Answer: The way Shape Flow changes underlie and support Effort expression
Shape Flow Support describes how the body's growing/shrinking three-dimensional changes serve as a substrate that supports and facilitates Effort expression.