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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






21. Those with this disease are often normal weight






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






39. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






40. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Term for practical intelligence






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






49. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






50. 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).