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






3. The basis for most human learning






4. 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






5. 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.






6. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






22. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






26. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






29. 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






30. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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).






40. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






42. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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