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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






11. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Those with this disease are often normal weight






24. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






26. The basis for most human learning






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






45. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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