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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Term for practical intelligence






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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).






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






7. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






8. Father of attachment theory






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






23. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






41. The average number of MORPHEMES






42. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






44. 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






45. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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