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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






14. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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).






27. Term for practical intelligence






28. 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






29. The basis for most human learning






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






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






32. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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







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