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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






12. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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).






25. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Father of attachment theory






47. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






49. The average number of MORPHEMES






50. 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.