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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






6. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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).






38. The average number of MORPHEMES






39. Those with this disease are often normal weight






40. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






42. The basis for most human learning






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






44. 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






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






46. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






49. 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.






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