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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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






5. Father of attachment theory






6. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






7. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






10. 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).






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






15. Term for practical intelligence






16. Those with this disease are often normal weight






17. 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






18. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






36. 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






37. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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