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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






13. 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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






31. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






35. The basis for most human learning






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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