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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






12. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






13. 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.






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






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






16. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The average number of MORPHEMES






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






40. Term for practical intelligence






41. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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