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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
12 and 30
basic emotions
identity moratorium
chorionic villus sampling
2. 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
imitation
Lawrence Kohlberg
presbyopia
sensorimotor stage
3. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
semantics
Robert Sternberg
functional play
social deprivation
4. 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.
semantics
Susan Carey
vision
identity moratorium
5. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Uri Bronfenbrenner
formal operations stage
Lewis Terman
maternal smoking
6. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Harry Harlow
self-concept differentiation
Lev Vygotsky
7. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
Moro reflex
Howard Gardner
Harry Harlow
maternal smoking
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.
Diana Baumrind
12 and 30
Lev Vygotsky
Moro reflex
9. 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
Uri Bronfenbrenner
fast mapping
sensorimotor stage
Lev Vygotsky
10. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Howard Gardner
Locke
John Bowlby
sandwich generation
11. 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.
presbyopia
Albert Bandura
CNS and heart
exosystem
12. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
preoperation stage
metacognition
amniocentesis
normative approach
13. Father of attachment theory
Lewis Terman
Howard Gardner
John Bowlby
accommodation
14. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
5 psychosexual stages
functional play
proximodistal development
scaffolding
15. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
memory
self-concept differentiation
habituation method
chorionic villus sampling
16. 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
Howard Gardner
affiliation motive
basic emotions
17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
12 and 30
pragmatics
Harry Harlow
neglect
18. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
conscientiousness
Uri Bronfenbrenner
amniocentesis
Robert Sternberg
19. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
scaffolding
presbyopia
Lewis Terman
learning set
20. 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
reaction range theory of intelligence
mean length of utterance
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
21. 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
superego
pragmatics
Locke
ethology
22. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
bulimia
instinctive drift
scaffolding
triarchic theory of intelligence
23. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
fast mapping
sensitive period
scripts
Moro reflex
24. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
relational aggression
instinctive drift
animistic reasoning
imitation
25. Those with this disease are often normal weight
proximodistal development
bulimia
metacognition
habituation method
26. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
mean length of utterance
Locke
habituation method
fast mapping
27. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
Moro reflex
preoperation stage
normative approach
characteristics of autism
28. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
characteristics of autism
scripts
learning set
sandwich generation
29. 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).
proximodistal development
Lev Vygotsky
exosystem
preoperation stage
30. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
scripts
Noam Chomsky
street smarts
intermodal perception
31. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
fast mapping
animistic reasoning
pragmatics
scripts
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
Rousseau
self-concept differentiation
affiliation motive
Robert Selman
33. The basis for most human learning
presbyopia
imitation
Locke
street smarts
34. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
identity moratorium
Albert Bandura
metacognition
concrete operations stage
35. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
Robert Selman
mean length of utterance
12 and 30
reaction range theory of intelligence
36. Term for practical intelligence
street smarts
maternal smoking
prosocial behavior
overregularization
37. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
conscientiousness
instinctive drift
first spoken word
Rousseau
38. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Robert Sternberg
John Bowlby
semantics
concrete operations stage
39. 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
conscientiousness
memory
amniocentesis
formal operations stage
40. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Robert Selman
Robert Sternberg
5 psychosexual stages
functional play
41. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Lewis Terman
superego
Locke
Diana Baumrind
42. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
intermodal perception
first spoken word
Rousseau
conscientiousness
43. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
proximodistal development
functional play
conscientiousness
44. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
characteristics of autism
Robert Sternberg
memory
habituation method
45. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
animistic reasoning
self-concept differentiation
habituation method
sensorimotor stage
46. 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
preoperation stage
accommodation
Howard Gardner
affiliation motive
47. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
instinctive drift
bulimia
proximodistal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
48. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
zone of proximal development
sensitive period
preoperation stage
Moro reflex
49. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
Harry Harlow
neglect
Albert Bandura
Noam Chomsky
50. 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
imitation
prosocial behavior
identity moratorium
basic emotions