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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






14. The basis for most human learning






15. 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).






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






22. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






25. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Those with this disease are often normal weight






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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