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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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).






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. Term for practical intelligence






12. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






17. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






19. 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






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






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. 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. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






37. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






39. 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.






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






41. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






43. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.