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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






6. Father of attachment theory






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






25. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






27. Those with this disease are often normal weight






28. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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






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