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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure






2. 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






3. 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






4. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






6. Those with this disease are often normal weight






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






16. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






18. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. The basis for most human learning






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






34. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






37. 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






38. 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).






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Father of attachment theory






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






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