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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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






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






9. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






12. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






13. The average number of MORPHEMES






14. 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).






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






23. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The basis for most human learning






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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