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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The average number of MORPHEMES






3. 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






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






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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






26. 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






27. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






38. Father of attachment theory






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






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






41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months