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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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).






6. 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






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






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






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






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Father of attachment theory






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






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






20. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






22. The basis for most human learning






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






24. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Term for practical intelligence







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