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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






8. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






10. 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






11. 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.






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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).






20. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Those with this disease are often normal weight






33. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






39. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






42. Father of attachment theory






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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Term for practical intelligence