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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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






7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






24. 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).






25. 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.






26. 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






27. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. Father of attachment theory






48. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






49. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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