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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. The basis for most human learning






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






23. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






25. 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.






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






28. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






32. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. Those with this disease are often normal weight