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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






3. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






7. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






19. 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






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






21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






26. 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).






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






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






29. Term for practical intelligence






30. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






50. 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.