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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






19. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






33. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






34. Those with this disease are often normal weight






35. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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