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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






2. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






4. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






14. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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).






22. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months