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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. Those with this disease are often normal weight






15. Father of attachment theory






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






17. 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






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






19. The average number of MORPHEMES






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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






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






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. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






42. 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).






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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