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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. Father of attachment theory






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






15. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






16. 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.






17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






19. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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. 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.






24. The average number of MORPHEMES






25. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






31. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






35. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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.






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