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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
presbyopia
Albert Bandura
embryo
Noam Chomsky
2. 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
semantics
Lev Vygotsky
scripts
triarchic theory of intelligence
3. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
Lawrence Kohlberg
semantics
proximodistal development
mental operations
4. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
fast mapping
5 psychosexual stages
chorionic villus sampling
Noam Chomsky
5. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Locke
Diana Baumrind
mean length of utterance
bulimia
6. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Robert Sternberg
first spoken word
instrumental aggression
Diana Baumrind
7. 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.
habituation method
animistic reasoning
preoperation stage
conscientiousness
8. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
street smarts
John Bowlby
Robert Sternberg
basic emotions
9. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
habituation method
conscientiousness
identity moratorium
intermodal perception
10. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
reaction range theory of intelligence
imitation
Locke
11. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
accommodation
Locke
semantics
Robert Sternberg
12. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
memory
reaction range theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
13. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Moro reflex
Harry Harlow
Robert Sternberg
vision
14. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
imitation
pragmatics
formal operations stage
sensorimotor stage
15. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
chorionic villus sampling
presbyopia
Howard Gardner
5 psychosexual stages
16. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
intermodal perception
accommodation
embryo
Lewis Terman
17. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
John Bowlby
relational aggression
CNS and heart
sandwich generation
18. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
CNS and heart
accommodation
overregularization
superego
19. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
chorionic villus sampling
relational aggression
Harry Harlow
proximodistal development
20. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
instrumental aggression
sensorimotor stage
habituation method
assimilation
21. 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
Susan Carey
identity moratorium
scaffolding
22. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
Howard Gardner
metacognition
preoperation stage
23. 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.
Moro reflex
Robert Selman
Albert Bandura
normative approach
24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
mental operations
12 and 30
Lev Vygotsky
Rousseau
25. 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
memory
Howard Gardner
maternal smoking
Rousseau
26. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
Robert Selman
accommodation
sensitive period
presbyopia
27. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
pragmatics
fast mapping
Lawrence Kohlberg
28. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
affiliation motive
learning set
mental operations
semantics
29. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
animistic reasoning
vision
reaction range theory of intelligence
assimilation
30. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
fast mapping
vision
scripts
Robert Sternberg
31. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
12 and 30
zone of proximal development
Uri Bronfenbrenner
conscientiousness
32. Term for practical intelligence
street smarts
relational aggression
Lev Vygotsky
Uri Bronfenbrenner
33. 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
Albert Bandura
embryo
Harry Harlow
34. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
characteristics of autism
Robert Sternberg
relational aggression
assimilation
35. 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
superego
first spoken word
normative approach
12 and 30
36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
animistic reasoning
first spoken word
affiliation motive
amniocentesis
37. 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
Lev Vygotsky
identity moratorium
animistic reasoning
conscientiousness
38. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
12 and 30
instrumental aggression
amniocentesis
39. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
fast mapping
sensorimotor stage
memory
Lawrence Kohlberg
40. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
scripts
formal operations stage
assimilation
neglect
41. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Moro reflex
semantics
Robert Selman
street smarts
42. Father of attachment theory
normative approach
relational aggression
presbyopia
John Bowlby
43. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
mental operations
pragmatics
prosocial behavior
44. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
Locke
5 psychosexual stages
superego
45. 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
self-concept differentiation
Locke
memory
metacognition
46. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Robert Sternberg
Lawrence Kohlberg
bulimia
Robert Selman
47. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
sensorimotor stage
scripts
concrete operations stage
animistic reasoning
48. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
Moro reflex
accommodation
first spoken word
49. 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
ethology
amniocentesis
Harry Harlow
mental operations
50. 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.
pragmatics
scripts
Robert Sternberg
zone of proximal development