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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. The average number of MORPHEMES






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Those with this disease are often normal weight






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






36. The basis for most human learning






37. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






45. Term for practical intelligence






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






47. 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.






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






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






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