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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






6. 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






7. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






14. 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.






15. Father of attachment theory






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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).






21. 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






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






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






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






26. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






31. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






32. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






35. The basis for most human learning






36. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






39. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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