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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






6. The basis for most human learning






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






12. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






13. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






14. Those with this disease are often normal weight






15. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






16. 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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Term for practical intelligence






33. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






35. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. 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).






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






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