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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. The basis for most human learning






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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).






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






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






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






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






16. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Father of attachment theory






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The appropriate use of language in different contexts