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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. 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).






34. 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






35. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Term for practical intelligence






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






44. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






46. 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






47. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






49. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






50. 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