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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Those with this disease are often normal weight






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Father of attachment theory






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






15. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






20. The average number of MORPHEMES






21. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Term for practical intelligence






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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