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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The average number of MORPHEMES






9. 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.






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






23. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






28. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






43. The basis for most human learning






44. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






45. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






46. 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.






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






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






49. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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







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