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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. The basis for most human learning






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Father of attachment theory






7. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. Those with this disease are often normal weight






31. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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