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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






14. 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).






15. 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






16. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






34. 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






35. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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