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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure






2. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






5. Defined the theory of 3 levels of moral development. there are two stages within each level. to achieve advanced moral development - children must be exposed to both sides of moral dilemmas






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






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






8. Those with this disease are often normal weight






9. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Father of attachment theory






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






34. 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






35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






39. The basis for most human learning






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.