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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






20. The basis for most human learning






21. 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






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






23. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






26. 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).






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. The average number of MORPHEMES






36. 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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. Those with this disease are often normal weight






50. The appropriate use of language in different contexts