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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Father of attachment theory






15. 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.






16. The basis for most human learning






17. 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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






23. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






31. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






48. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






50. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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