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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






6. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






7. 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






8. Term for practical intelligence






9. Those with this disease are often normal weight






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






43. 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






44. The basis for most human learning






45. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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