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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






15. 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.






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






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






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. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






24. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






26. 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).






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






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






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. 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






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






32. The basis for most human learning






33. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






43. 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






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






46. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement






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






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






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






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