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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






5. 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






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






26. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






38. 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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.






44. The basis for most human learning






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






50. 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.