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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






5. 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).






6. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






7. Those with this disease are often normal weight






8. 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.






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The basis for most human learning






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






38. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.







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