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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






4. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






7. 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.






8. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The basis for most human learning






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






21. Term for practical intelligence






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






23. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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).






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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