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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Father of attachment theory






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






12. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The basis for most human learning






49. 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






50. 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