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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






10. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






13. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Term for practical intelligence






20. 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.






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






22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Father of attachment theory






30. The basis for most human learning






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






32. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Those with this disease are often normal weight






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. 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).






46. 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






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






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






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






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