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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






3. 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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






36. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






39. 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






40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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).






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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







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