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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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).






4. 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






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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






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






9. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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