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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Term for practical intelligence






35. The average number of MORPHEMES






36. 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






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






38. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






42. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






48. 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






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






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