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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
Rousseau
chorionic villus sampling
intermodal perception
assimilation
2. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Moro reflex
Noam Chomsky
sensitive period
accommodation
3. 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
prosocial behavior
normative approach
CNS and heart
triarchic theory of intelligence
4. 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.
accommodation
characteristics of autism
Moro reflex
imitation
5. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Robert Sternberg
normative approach
sensorimotor stage
Moro reflex
6. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
neglect
prosocial behavior
embryo
7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
vision
Noam Chomsky
semantics
identity moratorium
8. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
animistic reasoning
scripts
CNS and heart
ethology
9. The basis for most human learning
imitation
John Bowlby
intermodal perception
Robert Sternberg
10. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instrumental aggression
chorionic villus sampling
triarchic theory of intelligence
preoperation stage
11. 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).
CNS and heart
exosystem
Albert Bandura
embryo
12. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
scaffolding
ethology
basic emotions
social deprivation
13. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
Harry Harlow
CNS and heart
sensitive period
sensorimotor stage
14. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
chorionic villus sampling
characteristics of autism
identity moratorium
Locke
15. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
relational aggression
characteristics of autism
sensorimotor stage
first spoken word
16. 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.
first spoken word
amniocentesis
relational aggression
Albert Bandura
17. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
zone of proximal development
sandwich generation
intermodal perception
18. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Lev Vygotsky
sandwich generation
social deprivation
Robert Selman
19. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
first spoken word
Diana Baumrind
memory
relational aggression
20. 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
normative approach
fast mapping
Howard Gardner
Lev Vygotsky
21. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
John Bowlby
characteristics of autism
presbyopia
exosystem
22. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
Lewis Terman
mental operations
prosocial behavior
assimilation
23. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
pragmatics
intermodal perception
assimilation
Rousseau
24. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
sandwich generation
first spoken word
assimilation
amniocentesis
25. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
accommodation
animistic reasoning
zone of proximal development
embryo
26. 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
affiliation motive
Albert Bandura
vision
Lawrence Kohlberg
27. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
intermodal perception
first spoken word
sensitive period
concrete operations stage
28. 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
Albert Bandura
Moro reflex
prosocial behavior
sensorimotor stage
29. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
maternal smoking
presbyopia
memory
30. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Robert Selman
instinctive drift
embryo
conscientiousness
31. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
instrumental aggression
imitation
intermodal perception
accommodation
32. When more categories are added to one's self-description
5 psychosexual stages
Moro reflex
self-concept differentiation
normative approach
33. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
12 and 30
metacognition
superego
relational aggression
34. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
fast mapping
functional play
preoperation stage
exosystem
35. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
self-concept differentiation
vision
street smarts
36. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
identity moratorium
prosocial behavior
scripts
12 and 30
37. 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.
amniocentesis
superego
conscientiousness
neglect
38. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
mean length of utterance
self-concept differentiation
mental operations
39. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
identity moratorium
triarchic theory of intelligence
Locke
imitation
40. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Uri Bronfenbrenner
assimilation
presbyopia
semantics
41. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
concrete operations stage
CNS and heart
Robert Sternberg
exosystem
42. 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
amniocentesis
animistic reasoning
sandwich generation
superego
43. 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
street smarts
assimilation
memory
Moro reflex
44. Introduced the concept of fast mapping. calculated that children between the ages of 1.5 and 6 learn an average of nine new words per day.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Susan Carey
concrete operations stage
relational aggression
45. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
Moro reflex
vision
bulimia
46. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Susan Carey
bulimia
sensitive period
Moro reflex
47. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
bulimia
semantics
reaction range theory of intelligence
functional play
48. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
Lev Vygotsky
concrete operations stage
CNS and heart
maternal smoking
49. 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
formal operations stage
Lev Vygotsky
first spoken word
Diana Baumrind
50. 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.
functional play
Robert Sternberg
preoperation stage
Lawrence Kohlberg