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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






5. 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






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






7. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






22. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






49. The basis for most human learning






50. 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.