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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Father of attachment theory






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






14. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






15. The average number of MORPHEMES






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






39. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






42. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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