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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






2. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






6. 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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.






21. The average number of MORPHEMES






22. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






45. 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






46. The basis for most human learning






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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






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