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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






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






3. The basis for most human learning






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






6. 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






7. Term for practical intelligence






8. 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.






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. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






13. 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.






14. The average number of MORPHEMES






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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