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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






6. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






8. 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.






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The average number of MORPHEMES






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. The appropriate use of language in different contexts