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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






11. Father of attachment theory






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






20. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






23. 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






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






26. The basis for most human learning






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Term for practical intelligence






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






49. The average number of MORPHEMES






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