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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The basis for most human learning






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






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






4. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






12. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






16. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






17. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






20. The average number of MORPHEMES






21. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.