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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. The basis for most human learning






6. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






45. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






46. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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