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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






4. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. Term for practical intelligence






9. 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






10. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The average number of MORPHEMES






20. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






21. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Those with this disease are often normal weight






41. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






42. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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