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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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).






8. 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






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






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






11. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






19. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






41. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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