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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
street smarts
pragmatics
characteristics of autism
2. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
basic emotions
street smarts
fast mapping
3. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
Susan Carey
relational aggression
learning set
ethology
4. 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.
learning set
imitation
amniocentesis
Rousseau
5. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
scaffolding
zone of proximal development
sensorimotor stage
concrete operations stage
6. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
scripts
12 and 30
memory
mean length of utterance
7. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
5 psychosexual stages
sandwich generation
imitation
exosystem
8. 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.
presbyopia
Moro reflex
mean length of utterance
accommodation
9. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
instrumental aggression
semantics
amniocentesis
10. 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).
imitation
habituation method
12 and 30
exosystem
11. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
normative approach
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
proximodistal development
sandwich generation
12. 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.
semantics
Moro reflex
sensorimotor stage
Albert Bandura
13. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
Robert Sternberg
embryo
Diana Baumrind
habituation method
14. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Harry Harlow
mean length of utterance
pragmatics
semantics
15. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Lev Vygotsky
bulimia
relational aggression
Robert Selman
16. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
neglect
Harry Harlow
memory
17. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
relational aggression
mental operations
ethology
sensorimotor stage
18. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Robert Sternberg
Locke
Harry Harlow
Lawrence Kohlberg
19. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
conscientiousness
Robert Sternberg
identity moratorium
Lawrence Kohlberg
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
metacognition
Howard Gardner
Susan Carey
characteristics of autism
21. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
ethology
semantics
imitation
22. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
amniocentesis
Lev Vygotsky
conscientiousness
formal operations stage
23. 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
assimilation
proximodistal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
animistic reasoning
24. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
normative approach
formal operations stage
triarchic theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
25. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
Locke
intermodal perception
semantics
26. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
instrumental aggression
preoperation stage
27. Those with this disease are often normal weight
bulimia
normative approach
self-concept differentiation
overregularization
28. 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
identity moratorium
mental operations
memory
triarchic theory of intelligence
29. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
Rousseau
intermodal perception
instrumental aggression
instinctive drift
30. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
social deprivation
identity moratorium
metacognition
mean length of utterance
31. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
John Bowlby
mean length of utterance
vision
Lewis Terman
32. 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
affiliation motive
fast mapping
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
metacognition
33. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
overregularization
relational aggression
sensorimotor stage
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
34. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
vision
amniocentesis
mental operations
Moro reflex
35. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
chorionic villus sampling
Locke
John Bowlby
CNS and heart
36. Term for practical intelligence
Noam Chomsky
bulimia
street smarts
sensitive period
37. 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
identity moratorium
semantics
self-concept differentiation
sensorimotor stage
38. 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
conscientiousness
intermodal perception
learning set
39. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
neglect
preoperation stage
Howard Gardner
instrumental aggression
40. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
characteristics of autism
conscientiousness
John Bowlby
concrete operations stage
41. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Moro reflex
presbyopia
functional play
42. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Harry Harlow
vision
triarchic theory of intelligence
Uri Bronfenbrenner
43. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
instinctive drift
Rousseau
normative approach
functional play
44. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lev Vygotsky
preoperation stage
45. The average number of MORPHEMES
mean length of utterance
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
identity moratorium
affiliation motive
46. 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.
maternal smoking
zone of proximal development
fast mapping
identity moratorium
47. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
animistic reasoning
habituation method
Locke
overregularization
48. 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
Noam Chomsky
12 and 30
normative approach
Robert Sternberg
49. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
overregularization
reaction range theory of intelligence
Harry Harlow
superego
50. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Locke
scaffolding
Diana Baumrind
self-concept differentiation