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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. Father of attachment theory






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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






8. 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






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






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






11. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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. 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.






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. The average number of MORPHEMES






33. 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






34. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






38. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






39. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






50. 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.