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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






4. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






8. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






10. 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






11. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






31. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






36. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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