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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






4. 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






5. 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






6. The basis for most human learning






7. The average number of MORPHEMES






8. 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






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






10. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






12. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






13. 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.






14. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






16. 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).






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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