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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Term for practical intelligence






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






13. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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).






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






39. Father of attachment theory






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






43. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






45. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value