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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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).






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Those with this disease are often normal weight






15. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. The basis for most human learning






22. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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