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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






39. 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






40. 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






41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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).






50. 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