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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.






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






7. 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.






8. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






18. 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






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






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






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






26. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






27. 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).






28. 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.






29. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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