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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






18. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






19. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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. 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






27. 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






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






29. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Father of attachment theory






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






45. The basis for most human learning






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






47. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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