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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Father of attachment theory






6. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






7. 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.






8. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






15. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Term for practical intelligence






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






38. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






41. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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