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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
identity moratorium
maternal smoking
zone of proximal development
intermodal perception
2. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
animistic reasoning
ethology
preoperation stage
relational aggression
3. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
affiliation motive
Harry Harlow
Robert Sternberg
learning set
4. Term for practical intelligence
overregularization
street smarts
imitation
bulimia
5. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
sandwich generation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
metacognition
Albert Bandura
6. 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
vision
ethology
bulimia
relational aggression
7. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
mental operations
fast mapping
intermodal perception
chorionic villus sampling
8. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
preoperation stage
Robert Sternberg
Rousseau
embryo
9. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
superego
Rousseau
bulimia
sensorimotor stage
10. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Rousseau
basic emotions
preoperation stage
11. 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
memory
Lawrence Kohlberg
Robert Sternberg
chorionic villus sampling
12. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
scaffolding
imitation
social deprivation
13. 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).
exosystem
sandwich generation
normative approach
metacognition
14. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Moro reflex
sensitive period
scaffolding
Lewis Terman
15. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
characteristics of autism
superego
triarchic theory of intelligence
habituation method
16. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
Albert Bandura
Moro reflex
concrete operations stage
scripts
17. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
Lev Vygotsky
bulimia
conscientiousness
vision
18. 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
assimilation
preoperation stage
affiliation motive
prosocial behavior
19. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
5 psychosexual stages
sensitive period
Rousseau
20. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
social deprivation
Diana Baumrind
sandwich generation
5 psychosexual stages
21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
fast mapping
metacognition
12 and 30
social deprivation
22. Father of attachment theory
12 and 30
intermodal perception
John Bowlby
sensorimotor stage
23. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
prosocial behavior
pragmatics
animistic reasoning
mental operations
24. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
characteristics of autism
basic emotions
Rousseau
assimilation
25. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Noam Chomsky
sensitive period
5 psychosexual stages
Diana Baumrind
26. The basis for most human learning
exosystem
intermodal perception
instinctive drift
imitation
27. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
preoperation stage
ethology
accommodation
CNS and heart
28. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
John Bowlby
concrete operations stage
5 psychosexual stages
pragmatics
29. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
Harry Harlow
12 and 30
reaction range theory of intelligence
30. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
triarchic theory of intelligence
mental operations
31. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Robert Sternberg
pragmatics
scripts
relational aggression
32. The average number of MORPHEMES
conscientiousness
mean length of utterance
Diana Baumrind
assimilation
33. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
fast mapping
ethology
Locke
first spoken word
34. 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
metacognition
bulimia
formal operations stage
35. 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.
accommodation
Lewis Terman
Locke
preoperation stage
36. 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
self-concept differentiation
Lev Vygotsky
superego
characteristics of autism
37. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Robert Sternberg
conscientiousness
Diana Baumrind
animistic reasoning
38. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
learning set
Robert Selman
formal operations stage
amniocentesis
39. 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.
Albert Bandura
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
affiliation motive
zone of proximal development
40. Those with this disease are often normal weight
John Bowlby
maternal smoking
concrete operations stage
bulimia
41. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
triarchic theory of intelligence
vision
reaction range theory of intelligence
Moro reflex
42. 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.
Diana Baumrind
intermodal perception
presbyopia
Moro reflex
43. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
characteristics of autism
bulimia
formal operations stage
sensitive period
44. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Howard Gardner
assimilation
amniocentesis
scaffolding
45. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
Harry Harlow
scripts
social deprivation
chorionic villus sampling
46. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
fast mapping
5 psychosexual stages
mental operations
basic emotions
47. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Robert Sternberg
Diana Baumrind
basic emotions
Robert Selman
48. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
basic emotions
Noam Chomsky
learning set
preoperation stage
49. 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
instrumental aggression
vision
CNS and heart
50. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Lewis Terman
overregularization
concrete operations stage
semantics