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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. The average number of MORPHEMES






8. Father of attachment theory






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Term for practical intelligence






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






27. 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.






28. 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).






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






43. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






49. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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