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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






22. Father of attachment theory






23. 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.






24. Term for practical intelligence






25. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






27. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






28. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem






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






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






32. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






43. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






44. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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