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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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
metacognition
preoperation stage
relational aggression
Lev Vygotsky
2. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
functional play
Noam Chomsky
12 and 30
Diana Baumrind
3. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
sandwich generation
conscientiousness
concrete operations stage
Locke
4. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Susan Carey
Albert Bandura
Harry Harlow
Diana Baumrind
5. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
mean length of utterance
mental operations
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
intermodal perception
6. 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
Locke
instrumental aggression
identity moratorium
memory
7. 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.
Howard Gardner
accommodation
amniocentesis
vision
8. The basis for most human learning
overregularization
sensorimotor stage
Lev Vygotsky
imitation
9. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
presbyopia
basic emotions
instrumental aggression
affiliation motive
10. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
instinctive drift
presbyopia
assimilation
semantics
11. 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.
Lewis Terman
zone of proximal development
basic emotions
identity moratorium
12. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Howard Gardner
zone of proximal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
Uri Bronfenbrenner
13. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
metacognition
presbyopia
Robert Selman
scripts
14. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Lawrence Kohlberg
semantics
amniocentesis
conscientiousness
15. 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
street smarts
triarchic theory of intelligence
identity moratorium
amniocentesis
16. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
Lawrence Kohlberg
functional play
Locke
17. Father of attachment theory
self-concept differentiation
maternal smoking
Robert Sternberg
John Bowlby
18. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
prosocial behavior
social deprivation
neglect
basic emotions
19. 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.
animistic reasoning
functional play
instinctive drift
preoperation stage
20. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
Howard Gardner
Rousseau
proximodistal development
Harry Harlow
21. 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.
Albert Bandura
sandwich generation
sensorimotor stage
semantics
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.
Diana Baumrind
Lewis Terman
imitation
Moro reflex
23. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
preoperation stage
sandwich generation
reaction range theory of intelligence
habituation method
24. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
Lewis Terman
sandwich generation
pragmatics
25. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
scripts
metacognition
John Bowlby
26. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
Susan Carey
functional play
intermodal perception
Robert Selman
27. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
social deprivation
exosystem
sandwich generation
Robert Selman
28. 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
5 psychosexual stages
neglect
Diana Baumrind
ethology
29. 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
vision
superego
maternal smoking
social deprivation
30. 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
scripts
Rousseau
triarchic theory of intelligence
31. 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
Howard Gardner
pragmatics
chorionic villus sampling
intermodal perception
32. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
Harry Harlow
Noam Chomsky
assimilation
sensorimotor stage
33. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Lewis Terman
Diana Baumrind
Lawrence Kohlberg
street smarts
34. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
scaffolding
amniocentesis
relational aggression
Susan Carey
35. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
Albert Bandura
assimilation
Robert Sternberg
36. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
assimilation
semantics
instinctive drift
Robert Selman
37. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Noam Chomsky
Uri Bronfenbrenner
first spoken word
bulimia
38. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
semantics
scripts
functional play
fast mapping
39. 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
Noam Chomsky
Lawrence Kohlberg
vision
animistic reasoning
40. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
imitation
Locke
maternal smoking
chorionic villus sampling
41. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
semantics
preoperation stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
Lawrence Kohlberg
42. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
concrete operations stage
pragmatics
Lawrence Kohlberg
learning set
43. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
metacognition
12 and 30
Lawrence Kohlberg
scaffolding
44. 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
triarchic theory of intelligence
maternal smoking
first spoken word
affiliation motive
45. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
concrete operations stage
pragmatics
self-concept differentiation
scaffolding
46. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
Lawrence Kohlberg
identity moratorium
conscientiousness
characteristics of autism
47. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
vision
embryo
bulimia
sensitive period
48. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instinctive drift
chorionic villus sampling
instrumental aggression
pragmatics
49. 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
bulimia
prosocial behavior
Robert Sternberg
formal operations stage
50. The average number of MORPHEMES
bulimia
mean length of utterance
imitation
Locke