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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






4. The basis for most human learning






5. 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






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






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






8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






10. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Those with this disease are often normal weight






20. 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






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






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. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. Father of attachment theory






29. Term for practical intelligence






30. 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.






31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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