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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






11. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






12. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






18. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






20. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






33. Term for practical intelligence






34. 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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






41. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






42. The basis for most human learning






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






50. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply