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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Father of attachment theory






3. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






4. 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).






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






8. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.






9. The basis for most human learning






10. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






23. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Term for practical intelligence






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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