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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






10. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






12. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






18. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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






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. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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).






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






45. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






50. 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.