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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






3. Term for practical intelligence






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






5. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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. 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. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






11. The average number of MORPHEMES






12. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






28. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. Father of attachment theory






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