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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






3. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






4. 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






5. 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






6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






10. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. The average number of MORPHEMES






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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).






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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