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CLEP Human Growth And Development

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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






4. The basis for most human learning






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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).






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






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






27. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months






28. Those with this disease are often normal weight






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value






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






37. The appropriate use of language in different contexts






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Term for practical intelligence






45. 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






46. 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






47. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse






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






49. 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






50. 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