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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. From Lev Vygotsky's theory. the difference between what a child can do with help and what the child can do without any help or guidance.






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






10. The basis for most human learning






11. 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.






12. 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).






13. 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






14. Behavior that benefits someone else or society but that generally offers no obvious benefit to the person performing it; can be taught through positive reinforcement - observational learning - modeling - and assignment of responsibilities designed to






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






17. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






18. 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






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






20. Those with this disease are often normal weight






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






42. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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