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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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).






2. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






44. Father of attachment theory






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






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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