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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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).






4. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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






37. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






39. Father of attachment theory






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






41. 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






42. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






44. Term for practical intelligence






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. Those with this disease are often normal weight






50. 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.