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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






2. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






6. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






7. The basis for most human learning






8. 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).






9. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






14. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






15. 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






16. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






26. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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







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