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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






19. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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).






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. The basis for most human learning






35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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