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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Those with this disease are often normal weight






2. 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.






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






6. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






11. 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






12. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






14. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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).






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. The basis for most human learning






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Term for practical intelligence






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






44. 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






45. Father of attachment theory






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.