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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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






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






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






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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this






5. The average number of MORPHEMES






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






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






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






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






11. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






12. Sense that is least well-developed at birth






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. The basis for most human learning






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






24. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






32. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






33. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Term for practical intelligence






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