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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






3. Father of attachment theory






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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






12. 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






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






14. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Term for practical intelligence






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. The average number of MORPHEMES






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






31. 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).






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






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






34. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. Those with this disease are often normal weight