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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. 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).






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






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






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






15. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






35. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






38. 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






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






40. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






46. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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