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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






5. 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).






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. Father of attachment theory






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






29. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






43. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.