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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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).






19. 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.






20. Those with this disease are often normal weight






21. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






23. The basis for most human learning






24. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Term for practical intelligence






33. 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






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






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






36. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






46. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






47. 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.






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






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






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