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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






12. 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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






16. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






17. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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).






30. 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






31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






32. The basis for most human learning






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






49. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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