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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






8. 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






9. The basis for most human learning






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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).






16. 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.






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






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






19. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






44. 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






45. Father of attachment theory






46. 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.






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






48. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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