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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. Father of attachment theory






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






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






6. 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






7. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Those with this disease are often normal weight






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






25. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






26. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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).






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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