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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






10. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






14. Term for practical intelligence






15. 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).






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






19. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






22. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. The basis for most human learning






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






45. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value