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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The average number of MORPHEMES






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Term for practical intelligence






34. 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).






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






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






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






38. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






43. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






44. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






45. The basis for most human learning






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






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






48. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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