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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






8. 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.






9. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible






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






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






22. 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






23. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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).






31. 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






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






33. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The basis for most human learning






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






50. 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.