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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Father of attachment theory






4. 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.






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






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






7. The average number of MORPHEMES






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






29. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






42. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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).






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






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






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