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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. Father of attachment theory






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






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






5. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






8. 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).






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






30. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






41. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






46. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






50. 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