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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






14. The basis for most human learning






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






16. 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






17. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






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. 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.






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






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






28. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Term for practical intelligence






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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