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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Term for practical intelligence






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






10. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






22. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






23. 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






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






25. The basis for most human learning






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






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






28. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






31. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. 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.






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






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






43. The average number of MORPHEMES






44. Those with this disease are often normal weight






45. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






47. 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






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






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






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