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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. 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).






7. 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






8. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






9. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






15. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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