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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






2. 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).






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






9. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group






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






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






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






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






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






20. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






22. 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.






23. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






25. 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






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






27. Term for practical intelligence






28. 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






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. Father of attachment theory






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Those with this disease are often normal weight






49. 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






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