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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. Those with this disease are often normal weight






5. 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






6. Term for practical intelligence






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






36. Father of attachment theory






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






38. 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






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






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






41. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






50. 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.