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






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






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






5. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






20. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






23. The average number of MORPHEMES






24. 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.






25. 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).






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






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






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






29. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






49. 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






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