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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Term for practical intelligence






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Father of attachment theory






47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






50. The appropriate use of language in different contexts