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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






28. 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






29. The basis for most human learning






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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