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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. The basis for most human learning






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Father of attachment theory






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






21. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






29. 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).






30. 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.






31. Term for practical intelligence






32. 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






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






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






35. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.