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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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. 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






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






9. 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.






10. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






12. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The average number of MORPHEMES






22. 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.






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






24. The basis for most human learning






25. 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).






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






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






28. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






29. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Father of attachment theory






41. Term for practical intelligence






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. Those with this disease are often normal weight






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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