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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






15. Term for practical intelligence






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






17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. The average number of MORPHEMES






25. 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).






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






39. 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






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






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






42. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






43. 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.






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






45. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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