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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






6. 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.






7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






42. The basis for most human learning






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






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






45. Father of attachment theory






46. 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






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






48. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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