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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






3. From Lev Vygotsky's theory. the difference between what a child can do with help and what the child can do without any help or guidance.






4. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.






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






6. 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).






7. Second of Piaget's (age 2-7). begin to use words as mental symbols and to form mental images. still limited in their ability to use logic to solve problems. do not yet understand conservation.






8. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.






9. The need to connect with others - which is often intensified if a threat of danger is imminent and people need to come together to support each other






10. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






11. The basis for most human learning






12. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes






13. 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






14. 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






15. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential






16. Father of attachment theory






17. 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.






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






27. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception






28. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects






29. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible






30. 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






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






32. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






33. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children






34. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception






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






36. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. A period of time in the development of identity in which a person delays making a decision about important issues but actively explores various alternatives






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






47. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.






48. 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






49. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities






50. Sense that is least well-developed at birth