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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Father of attachment theory






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






27. 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.






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






29. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. 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).






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






41. 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






42. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






44. Term for practical intelligence






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. 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






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







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