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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






7. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






10. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Father of attachment theory






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






33. The basis for most human learning






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






48. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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