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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






7. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






15. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






26. Father of attachment theory






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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