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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






9. The basis for most human learning






10. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






11. 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).






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






49. 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






50. 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.