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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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).






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






11. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






13. 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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






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






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






17. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






23. Father of attachment theory






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. Term for practical intelligence






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. The basis for most human learning






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






42. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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