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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






6. 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






7. 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






8. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






10. The basis for most human learning






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






26. Father of attachment theory






27. 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






28. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






34. The average number of MORPHEMES






35. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






49. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






50. Sense that is least well-developed at birth