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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. Term for practical intelligence






3. 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






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






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






6. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






10. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






18. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. The basis for most human learning






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






31. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






33. 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.






34. Those with this disease are often normal weight






35. 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






36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






49. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






50. 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