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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential






2. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






3. 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






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






5. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






8. 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.






9. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






13. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






22. 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.






23. Term for practical intelligence






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Father of attachment theory






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. The basis for most human learning






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. The average number of MORPHEMES






49. 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.






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