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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






16. 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.






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. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Those with this disease are often normal weight






42. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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