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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






13. Term for practical intelligence






14. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






23. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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).






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.