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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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).






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






33. 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






34. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






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. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






46. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






47. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






50. Father of attachment theory