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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The basis for most human learning






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






21. 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






22. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy






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






24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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