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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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).






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The basis for most human learning






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Term for practical intelligence






32. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






35. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






36. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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