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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






6. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Father of attachment theory






15. 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.






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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. 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






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






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






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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






25. Term for practical intelligence






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






32. The average number of MORPHEMES






33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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