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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. The average number of MORPHEMES






29. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






32. 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.






33. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






37. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






39. 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






40. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. The basis for most human learning






47. 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






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






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






50. 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.







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