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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Father of attachment theory






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






4. 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.






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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. 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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






39. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






41. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






42. The basis for most human learning






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






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






45. The average number of MORPHEMES






46. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






49. 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






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