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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






2. 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.






3. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






7. 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






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 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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






17. 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






18. Term for practical intelligence






19. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






42. 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.






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. The basis for most human learning






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






50. 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.