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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement






11. The average number of MORPHEMES






12. When more categories are added to one's self-description






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






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






15. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






16. Term for practical intelligence






17. 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






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






19. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






20. 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.






21. 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).






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. The basis for most human learning






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






38. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information






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






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






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






42. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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