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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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).






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






5. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






7. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






45. Term for practical intelligence






46. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






49. 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.






50. The basis for most human learning