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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Term for practical intelligence






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






13. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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).






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






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






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






26. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






28. 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






29. Father of attachment theory






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






38. 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






39. The average number of MORPHEMES






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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







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