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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children






2. 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.






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






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






5. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






10. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






11. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






15. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






21. 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.






22. Those with this disease are often normal weight






23. Father of attachment theory






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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).






29. 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.






30. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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