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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






4. 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).






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






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






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






8. Father of attachment theory






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






18. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






37. The basis for most human learning






38. 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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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