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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






7. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Those with this disease are often normal weight






18. 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.






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






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Father of attachment theory






26. 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






27. The average number of MORPHEMES






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. The basis for most human learning






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






46. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






50. 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







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