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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. The basis for most human learning






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






27. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






29. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






34. Father of attachment theory






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






48. 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






49. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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