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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






18. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






26. 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.






27. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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).






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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







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