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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






5. Father of attachment theory






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






7. The basis for most human learning






8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






27. 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






28. 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.






29. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






33. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






39. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






46. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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