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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






7. 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






8. Those with this disease are often normal weight






9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






12. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






16. Father of attachment theory






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. The average number of MORPHEMES






27. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






40. The basis for most human learning






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






42. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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