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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






7. The basis for most human learning






8. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






15. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






18. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






21. Term for practical intelligence






22. 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






23. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






29. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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