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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Those with this disease are often normal weight






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






25. Term for practical intelligence






26. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






29. 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.






30. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






31. 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.






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






33. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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