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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






2. 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






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






4. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






6. 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






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






8. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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).






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






24. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






26. The basis for most human learning






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






39. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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






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. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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