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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Robert Sternberg
Susan Carey
affiliation motive
Uri Bronfenbrenner
2. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
Harry Harlow
sensorimotor stage
CNS and heart
assimilation
3. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
triarchic theory of intelligence
social deprivation
sandwich generation
metacognition
4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
scripts
neglect
vision
Susan Carey
5. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
accommodation
embryo
Robert Sternberg
vision
6. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Howard Gardner
CNS and heart
zone of proximal development
7. 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
metacognition
sandwich generation
ethology
formal operations stage
8. 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
relational aggression
scripts
proximodistal development
9. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
sensitive period
scripts
embryo
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
10. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
functional play
memory
maternal smoking
11. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
accommodation
Locke
functional play
neglect
12. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
5 psychosexual stages
Lawrence Kohlberg
Uri Bronfenbrenner
13. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
neglect
first spoken word
presbyopia
mental operations
14. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
self-concept differentiation
Robert Selman
semantics
scripts
15. 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.
Harry Harlow
Moro reflex
5 psychosexual stages
mental operations
16. 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
Albert Bandura
Lawrence Kohlberg
normative approach
5 psychosexual stages
17. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
instrumental aggression
superego
street smarts
5 psychosexual stages
18. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
animistic reasoning
affiliation motive
self-concept differentiation
19. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
presbyopia
superego
neglect
20. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
concrete operations stage
Noam Chomsky
identity moratorium
Locke
21. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
bulimia
chorionic villus sampling
functional play
Lewis Terman
22. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
social deprivation
assimilation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
presbyopia
23. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
imitation
maternal smoking
Moro reflex
Susan Carey
24. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
proximodistal development
functional play
imitation
25. 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
amniocentesis
semantics
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
26. Father of attachment theory
Lewis Terman
habituation method
pragmatics
John Bowlby
27. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
relational aggression
superego
scripts
first spoken word
28. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
Robert Sternberg
pragmatics
Robert Selman
29. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
self-concept differentiation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
scaffolding
animistic reasoning
30. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
relational aggression
scripts
Diana Baumrind
CNS and heart
31. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
CNS and heart
functional play
identity moratorium
characteristics of autism
32. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
street smarts
Lewis Terman
amniocentesis
intermodal perception
33. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
Harry Harlow
reaction range theory of intelligence
characteristics of autism
identity moratorium
34. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
prosocial behavior
maternal smoking
chorionic villus sampling
metacognition
35. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
scripts
mental operations
functional play
relational aggression
36. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
first spoken word
fast mapping
Lawrence Kohlberg
Noam Chomsky
37. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
animistic reasoning
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
identity moratorium
triarchic theory of intelligence
38. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
scripts
concrete operations stage
bulimia
proximodistal development
39. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
ethology
preoperation stage
zone of proximal development
chorionic villus sampling
40. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
neglect
relational aggression
conscientiousness
Diana Baumrind
41. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
affiliation motive
12 and 30
instrumental aggression
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
42. 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
functional play
Lewis Terman
semantics
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
basic emotions
habituation method
scripts
44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
chorionic villus sampling
instinctive drift
pragmatics
Diana Baumrind
45. 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.
identity moratorium
neglect
amniocentesis
zone of proximal development
46. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
ethology
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
mental operations
amniocentesis
47. 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.
reaction range theory of intelligence
Susan Carey
habituation method
Diana Baumrind
48. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
animistic reasoning
proximodistal development
ethology
conscientiousness
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
first spoken word
CNS and heart
reaction range theory of intelligence
memory
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
prosocial behavior
sensorimotor stage
Noam Chomsky
learning set