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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






11. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






23. Term for practical intelligence






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






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






29. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






30. 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.






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. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. The basis for most human learning