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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






6. The average number of MORPHEMES






7. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






8. 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.






9. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






11. 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.






12. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






26. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






33. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






35. 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






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






37. 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).






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






39. Term for practical intelligence






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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