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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. Term for practical intelligence






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






12. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






35. Those with this disease are often normal weight






36. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






41. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






45. 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).






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






47. 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






48. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






50. 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