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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Those with this disease are often normal weight






3. 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.






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






5. Term for practical intelligence






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






7. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






9. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. The basis for most human learning






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






23. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






36. 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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






39. 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).






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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