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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities






2. 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






3. 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






4. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The average number of MORPHEMES






28. 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






29. 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






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






32. Term for practical intelligence






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






34. 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






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






36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months






37. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






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






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






48. The basis for most human learning






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






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