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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






6. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






9. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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. 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






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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






22. 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






23. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. The basis for most human learning






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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







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