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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Harvard researcher that has identified at least eight types of intelligences: linguistic - logical/mathematical - bodily/kinesthetic - musical - spatial (visual) - interpersonal (the ability to understand others) - intrapersonal (the ability to under






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






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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).






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Father of attachment theory






39. 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






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






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






42. Second of Piaget's (age 2-7). begin to use words as mental symbols and to form mental images. still limited in their ability to use logic to solve problems. do not yet understand conservation.






43. Term for practical intelligence






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






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