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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






12. 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






13. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






18. Father of attachment theory






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value







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