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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
zone of proximal development
first spoken word
triarchic theory of intelligence
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
2. 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.
preoperation stage
accommodation
social deprivation
embryo
3. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
Rousseau
Moro reflex
normative approach
assimilation
4. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
overregularization
metacognition
basic emotions
presbyopia
5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
scaffolding
characteristics of autism
pragmatics
self-concept differentiation
6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
exosystem
animistic reasoning
mean length of utterance
7. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
basic emotions
functional play
triarchic theory of intelligence
fast mapping
8. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
semantics
overregularization
characteristics of autism
12 and 30
9. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
amniocentesis
functional play
Lewis Terman
formal operations stage
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.
triarchic theory of intelligence
habituation method
Albert Bandura
formal operations stage
11. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
intermodal perception
mean length of utterance
Lewis Terman
12. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
chorionic villus sampling
scripts
learning set
embryo
13. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
intermodal perception
concrete operations stage
affiliation motive
CNS and heart
14. 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
chorionic villus sampling
ethology
intermodal perception
sandwich generation
15. 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
Lev Vygotsky
identity moratorium
habituation method
scripts
16. Term for practical intelligence
street smarts
affiliation motive
vision
CNS and heart
17. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
Lawrence Kohlberg
sensorimotor stage
Robert Selman
chorionic villus sampling
18. 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
Diana Baumrind
normative approach
semantics
scaffolding
19. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Albert Bandura
Susan Carey
metacognition
5 psychosexual stages
20. 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
memory
metacognition
scaffolding
Moro reflex
21. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
characteristics of autism
CNS and heart
normative approach
22. 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.
12 and 30
first spoken word
Robert Sternberg
Moro reflex
23. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
street smarts
neglect
Uri Bronfenbrenner
characteristics of autism
24. 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.
imitation
learning set
amniocentesis
sandwich generation
25. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
first spoken word
conscientiousness
proximodistal development
26. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
proximodistal development
embryo
reaction range theory of intelligence
ethology
27. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
prosocial behavior
animistic reasoning
zone of proximal development
28. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
presbyopia
habituation method
Diana Baumrind
Noam Chomsky
29. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
triarchic theory of intelligence
intermodal perception
social deprivation
Howard Gardner
30. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
bulimia
proximodistal development
ethology
31. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
Lev Vygotsky
formal operations stage
CNS and heart
32. 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
zone of proximal development
vision
identity moratorium
affiliation motive
33. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
maternal smoking
mental operations
Lawrence Kohlberg
Robert Sternberg
34. 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.
Howard Gardner
zone of proximal development
prosocial behavior
social deprivation
35. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
triarchic theory of intelligence
Locke
scaffolding
social deprivation
36. 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
semantics
Locke
Howard Gardner
conscientiousness
37. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
memory
Howard Gardner
learning set
Harry Harlow
38. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
5 psychosexual stages
imitation
learning set
39. When more categories are added to one's self-description
characteristics of autism
maternal smoking
self-concept differentiation
bulimia
40. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
embryo
animistic reasoning
prosocial behavior
instinctive drift
41. 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
formal operations stage
Robert Selman
CNS and heart
superego
42. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
mental operations
intermodal perception
Uri Bronfenbrenner
proximodistal development
43. Those with this disease are often normal weight
pragmatics
concrete operations stage
sandwich generation
bulimia
44. Father of attachment theory
formal operations stage
mean length of utterance
scaffolding
John Bowlby
45. 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
Lewis Terman
Locke
Robert Selman
affiliation motive
46. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
pragmatics
John Bowlby
formal operations stage
Lewis Terman
47. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
sandwich generation
animistic reasoning
semantics
characteristics of autism
48. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Noam Chomsky
pragmatics
Lawrence Kohlberg
Albert Bandura
49. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instrumental aggression
amniocentesis
metacognition
learning set
50. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
metacognition
Noam Chomsky
fast mapping
Robert Selman