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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






4. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The basis for most human learning






16. 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).






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






18. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Father of attachment theory






29. The average number of MORPHEMES






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






34. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. 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.






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






41. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






42. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






44. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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.