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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The basis for most human learning






12. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






20. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






22. The average number of MORPHEMES






23. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Term for practical intelligence






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible






47. 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






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






49. 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).






50. 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