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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. Father of attachment theory






11. 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






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






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






14. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






26. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






27. The basis for most human learning






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






29. 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






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






31. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






32. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






39. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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).






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