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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






14. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






17. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






36. 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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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).






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






48. 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






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






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