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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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).






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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. Those with this disease are often normal weight






19. 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






20. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






42. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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