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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






26. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






28. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






29. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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).






36. 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






37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The basis for most human learning






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