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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






3. 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.






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






6. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






9. 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).






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






23. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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