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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






20. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities






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






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






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






34. Father of attachment theory






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






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






37. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






46. Term for practical intelligence






47. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






50. 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