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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Father of attachment theory






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






21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






24. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






25. 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.






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






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






28. Term for practical intelligence






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






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






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






36. 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






37. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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).






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






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






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






49. 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






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