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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






12. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






19. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






20. The average number of MORPHEMES






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






39. Term for practical intelligence






40. 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).






41. 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.






42. 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






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






44. 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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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