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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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
social deprivation
Moro reflex
Howard Gardner
identity moratorium
2. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Robert Sternberg
intermodal perception
relational aggression
maternal smoking
3. The basis for most human learning
proximodistal development
imitation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
exosystem
4. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
instinctive drift
conscientiousness
superego
sensorimotor stage
5. 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.
superego
assimilation
animistic reasoning
amniocentesis
6. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
presbyopia
proximodistal development
relational aggression
embryo
7. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
Susan Carey
accommodation
characteristics of autism
scripts
8. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Robert Selman
concrete operations stage
pragmatics
Locke
9. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
instinctive drift
Diana Baumrind
reaction range theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
10. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
assimilation
learning set
ethology
street smarts
11. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
sandwich generation
scripts
instinctive drift
John Bowlby
12. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
Robert Selman
amniocentesis
fast mapping
triarchic theory of intelligence
13. 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
Diana Baumrind
superego
Rousseau
Robert Sternberg
14. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
John Bowlby
12 and 30
basic emotions
Robert Selman
15. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
learning set
12 and 30
sensitive period
bulimia
16. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
triarchic theory of intelligence
accommodation
intermodal perception
social deprivation
17. 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
instrumental aggression
Locke
proximodistal development
normative approach
18. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
intermodal perception
Susan Carey
Lewis Terman
concrete operations stage
19. 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.
formal operations stage
Diana Baumrind
instinctive drift
zone of proximal development
20. The average number of MORPHEMES
amniocentesis
Howard Gardner
sensitive period
mean length of utterance
21. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
Robert Selman
mental operations
ethology
Rousseau
22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
sensitive period
bulimia
Moro reflex
first spoken word
23. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
Albert Bandura
vision
characteristics of autism
24. 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.
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
embryo
Albert Bandura
Susan Carey
25. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
presbyopia
Albert Bandura
chorionic villus sampling
ethology
26. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
semantics
prosocial behavior
Rousseau
27. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
vision
self-concept differentiation
Harry Harlow
animistic reasoning
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
memory
Howard Gardner
zone of proximal development
Lewis Terman
29. 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
scaffolding
sensitive period
Lev Vygotsky
Locke
30. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
Harry Harlow
self-concept differentiation
vision
John Bowlby
31. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
reaction range theory of intelligence
mental operations
formal operations stage
neglect
32. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
John Bowlby
formal operations stage
5 psychosexual stages
reaction range theory of intelligence
33. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
amniocentesis
embryo
neglect
Moro reflex
34. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
scaffolding
semantics
embryo
Harry Harlow
35. Father of attachment theory
mean length of utterance
triarchic theory of intelligence
John Bowlby
presbyopia
36. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
accommodation
12 and 30
Robert Selman
Noam Chomsky
37. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
functional play
Lev Vygotsky
formal operations stage
habituation method
38. 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.
Uri Bronfenbrenner
presbyopia
habituation method
Susan Carey
39. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
neglect
bulimia
conscientiousness
reaction range theory of intelligence
40. 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.
Moro reflex
pragmatics
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
intermodal perception
41. 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).
zone of proximal development
proximodistal development
exosystem
Robert Sternberg
42. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Uri Bronfenbrenner
sandwich generation
Lev Vygotsky
habituation method
43. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
semantics
CNS and heart
first spoken word
overregularization
44. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
John Bowlby
semantics
metacognition
45. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
ethology
Howard Gardner
scripts
46. 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
preoperation stage
Lev Vygotsky
affiliation motive
zone of proximal development
47. When more categories are added to one's self-description
CNS and heart
self-concept differentiation
imitation
superego
48. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instrumental aggression
instinctive drift
ethology
triarchic theory of intelligence
49. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
social deprivation
scripts
basic emotions
50. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
12 and 30
amniocentesis
imitation