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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






11. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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. Father of attachment theory






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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).






40. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The basis for most human learning






48. 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.






49. 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






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