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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. Term for practical intelligence






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






24. 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






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






26. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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







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