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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






11. Term for practical intelligence






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






13. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






21. 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).






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






39. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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 infants display a decrease in interest toward an object






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






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






50. 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.