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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






25. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






40. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. The average number of MORPHEMES






47. Father of attachment theory






48. 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






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






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