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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






11. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






12. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






17. 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).






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Those with this disease are often normal weight






33. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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