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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness






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






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






4. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






26. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






27. 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






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






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






30. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.






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






32. The basis for most human learning






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. 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).