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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






2. 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






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






4. 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).






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






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






7. 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.






8. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






12. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Term for practical intelligence






21. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






24. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






25. 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






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






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






28. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






46. 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






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






48. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






50. 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