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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. The basis for most human learning






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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).






19. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






28. 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.






29. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Father of attachment theory






38. 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






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






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






41. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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







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