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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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).






9. 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.






10. Father of attachment theory






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






12. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. The average number of MORPHEMES






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. 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






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






39. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






40. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






42. The basis for most human learning






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






44. 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






45. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






49. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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