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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness






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






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






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






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






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






7. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






8. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






11. Father of attachment theory






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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).






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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. 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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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