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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






25. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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