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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Father of attachment theory






10. 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






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






12. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Term for practical intelligence






25. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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).






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






45. The average number of MORPHEMES






46. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






47. 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






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






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






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