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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Father of attachment theory






13. 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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






28. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






34. 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).






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






49. 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.






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