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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






29. Term for practical intelligence






30. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






32. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






38. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






40. 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).






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






49. 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






50. 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