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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. 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).






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






40. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






42. 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.






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






44. Father of attachment theory






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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