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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






22. 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






23. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. The basis for most human learning






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The average number of MORPHEMES






40. 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.






41. 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).






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






43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






44. 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.






45. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






49. 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






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