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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Those with this disease are often normal weight






11. 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






12. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






15. Father of attachment theory






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






21. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






24. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






30. The basis for most human learning






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






50. Sense that is least well-developed at birth