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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






3. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Term for practical intelligence






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The basis for most human learning