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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






5. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. The basis for most human learning






22. Father of attachment theory






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






32. 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).






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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