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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






4. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The average number of MORPHEMES






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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).






19. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






20. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






35. Term for practical intelligence






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






42. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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