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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






10. The average number of MORPHEMES






11. Term for practical intelligence






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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).






26. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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