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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






4. 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).






5. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






6. 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.






7. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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