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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. Term for practical intelligence






3. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






32. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






41. 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.






42. The average number of MORPHEMES






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Occurs between 11 and 13 months