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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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






2. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






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






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






5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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).






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






32. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






42. Father of attachment theory






43. 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






44. Those with this disease are often normal weight






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Sense that is least well-developed at birth