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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






5. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






12. Father of attachment theory






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






14. 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






15. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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






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