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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Term for practical intelligence






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






5. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






11. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






12. 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.






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






14. Father of attachment theory






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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.






31. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






32. 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.






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






34. 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).






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






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






37. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






42. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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