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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






11. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






16. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






23. 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.






24. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






39. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






49. The average number of MORPHEMES






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