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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






4. 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






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






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






7. Father of attachment theory






8. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. The basis for most human learning






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






27. 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






28. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






30. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Those with this disease are often normal weight






47. 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).






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






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






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