body scheme

scheme

 [skēm]

1. a calculated plan of action.

2. schema.

body scheme the acquisition of an internal awareness of the body and the relationship of body parts to one another; a sensorimotor performance component of occupational therapy.

Intervention scheme see intervention scheme.

Problem Classification scheme see problem classification scheme.

body scheme

a piagetian term for a cognitive structure that develops in infants in the sensorimotor period during the first 2 years of life as they learn to differentiate between themselves and the world around them.

bod·y scheme

(bod'ē skēm)

A kinesthetic awareness of body parts and the relationship of those parts to one another and to objects in the environment.
Synonym(s): kinesthetic awareness.

body scheme

Knowledge of one's body parts and their relative positions.

See: proprioception