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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






8. 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.






9. The basis for most human learning






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






12. 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.






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






18. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






33. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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).






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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