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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






2. 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).






3. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






4. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






20. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. Father of attachment theory






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






45. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






47. 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.






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






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






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