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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






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






4. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






5. 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






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






14. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Father of attachment theory






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. The average number of MORPHEMES






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.