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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process






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






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






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






27. 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






28. The basis for most human learning






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






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






31. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






33. 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).






34. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






35. Father of attachment theory






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






49. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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