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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 1896-1934; russian developmental psychologist who emphasized the role of the social environment on cognitive development and proposed the idea of zones of proximal development






2. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)






3. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level






4. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






5. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group






6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






7. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.






8. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.






9. Father of attachment theory






10. A theory of development that takes its cue in many ways from evolutionary theory - concentrating on traits that are inborn or dependent on 'critical periods' for their eventual emergence






11. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem






12. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end






13. A technique of prenatal diagnosis in which amniotic fluid - obtained by aspiration from a needle inserted into the uterus - is analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital defects in the fetus.






14. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






15. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.






16. Hall and Gesel launched this approach in which measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development






17. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on






18. Social cognitive theorist who proposed that learning takes place in social context: observing and imitating others. also believed people used self-efficacy to overcome fear/trauma.






19. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events






20. Introduced the concept of fast mapping. calculated that children between the ages of 1.5 and 6 learn an average of nine new words per day.






21. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy






22. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system






23. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply






24. Defined the theory of 3 levels of moral development. there are two stages within each level. to achieve advanced moral development - children must be exposed to both sides of moral dilemmas






25. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them






26. Infant startle response to sudden - intense noise or movement. When startled the newborn arches its back - throws back its head - and flings out its arms and legs.






27. Freud's third aspect of our personality to develop - involved an overriding moral guidepost - transmitted to the child in great part through adult authority figures






28. Increased exposure to stimuli - enhanced encoding (storing) of information in long-term memory - and increased ease and efficiency in retrieving the stored information will improve this






29. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation






30. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure






31. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process






32. In Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach - settings not experienced directly by individuals still influence their development (for example - effects of events at a parent's workplace on children's development).






33. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object






34. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






35. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion






36. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion






37. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward






38. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers






39. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning






40. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.






41. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.






42. Harvard researcher that has identified at least eight types of intelligences: linguistic - logical/mathematical - bodily/kinesthetic - musical - spatial (visual) - interpersonal (the ability to understand others) - intrapersonal (the ability to under






43. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness






44. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes






45. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults






46. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital






47. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it; can be taught through positive reinforcement - observational learning - modeling - and assignment of responsibilities designed to






48. The basis for most human learning






49. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.






50. Term for practical intelligence