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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception






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






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






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






21. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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. 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






28. 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






29. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






30. The basis for most human learning






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






32. 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






33. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






35. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Father of attachment theory






45. 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






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






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






48. 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).






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






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