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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






11. Father of attachment theory






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Term for practical intelligence






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






32. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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