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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






3. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Those with this disease are often normal weight






12. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






20. 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






21. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






29. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






30. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. The basis for most human learning






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. 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).






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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







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