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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






6. 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






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






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. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






36. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






39. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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).






47. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






50. 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