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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






13. 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






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. 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. The basis for most human learning






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






28. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






38. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






44. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






46. 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.






47. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






49. 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.






50. Father of attachment theory