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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The basis for most human learning






2. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






15. Father of attachment theory






16. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






28. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






37. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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