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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






4. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






8. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






11. 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






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






14. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






35. Father of attachment theory






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






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. The basis for most human learning






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






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






41. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






43. 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






44. Those with this disease are often normal weight






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months







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