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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






20. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Father of attachment theory






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






31. Term for practical intelligence






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






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. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






39. The basis for most human learning






40. 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






41. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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).






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






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






50. 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