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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. 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).






12. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






14. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






18. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. Term for practical intelligence






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






50. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse