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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






2. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






3. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






5. 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.






6. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion






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






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






9. The basis for most human learning






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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).






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






43. 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.






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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