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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Term for practical intelligence






8. 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.






9. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






16. The basis for most human learning






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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).






23. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. Those with this disease are often normal weight






42. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






48. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






49. The average number of MORPHEMES






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