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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






8. 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






9. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






27. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






36. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






39. 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






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






41. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






43. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness