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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






5. 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






6. The basis for most human learning






7. 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.






8. Term for practical intelligence






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






22. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






23. 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).






24. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






27. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






28. 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.






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






50. 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.