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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities






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






3. Father of attachment theory






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






5. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Term for practical intelligence






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






30. 1896-1934; russian developmental psychologist who emphasized the role of the social environment on cognitive development and proposed the idea of zones of proximal development






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. The average number of MORPHEMES






35. 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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






41. 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).






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






43. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






45. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






48. The basis for most human learning






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






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