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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






12. The average number of MORPHEMES






13. 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.






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Those with this disease are often normal weight






31. 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.






32. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






33. 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






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






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






36. Term for practical intelligence






37. 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






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






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






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






41. The basis for most human learning






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






43. 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).






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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