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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. Father of attachment theory






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






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






5. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Term for practical intelligence






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






24. The basis for most human learning






25. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






31. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. The average number of MORPHEMES






41. 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.






42. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






43. 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






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






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






46. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






47. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






48. 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






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






50. 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