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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






7. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






9. 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






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






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






12. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






13. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






20. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






21. 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).






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






31. Term for practical intelligence






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






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