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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






9. 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).






10. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






31. 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.






32. 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






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






34. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Those with this disease are often normal weight






48. 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.






49. 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






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