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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






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






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






5. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






17. 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






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






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. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






24. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






28. The basis for most human learning






29. 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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






39. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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