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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The basis for most human learning






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






16. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






18. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Term for practical intelligence






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






42. Father of attachment theory






43. 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.






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






45. Those with this disease are often normal weight






46. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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