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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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. 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






25. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






50. The average number of MORPHEMES