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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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.
functional play
sandwich generation
amniocentesis
zone of proximal development
2. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
prosocial behavior
identity moratorium
bulimia
habituation method
3. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
maternal smoking
pragmatics
Albert Bandura
embryo
4. 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
ethology
12 and 30
presbyopia
5. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
sensorimotor stage
semantics
CNS and heart
12 and 30
6. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
habituation method
formal operations stage
metacognition
social deprivation
7. When more categories are added to one's self-description
sensorimotor stage
fast mapping
self-concept differentiation
Diana Baumrind
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.
amniocentesis
self-concept differentiation
preoperation stage
basic emotions
9. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
zone of proximal development
Diana Baumrind
memory
neglect
10. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
characteristics of autism
instrumental aggression
scaffolding
maternal smoking
11. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
conscientiousness
accommodation
Lawrence Kohlberg
scripts
12. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
vision
ethology
Albert Bandura
13. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
imitation
Howard Gardner
mental operations
14. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Lawrence Kohlberg
triarchic theory of intelligence
street smarts
scaffolding
15. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
normative approach
mental operations
Robert Sternberg
16. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
Albert Bandura
mental operations
pragmatics
17. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
sandwich generation
sensitive period
5 psychosexual stages
social deprivation
18. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
Rousseau
superego
learning set
pragmatics
19. 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.
preoperation stage
Moro reflex
mean length of utterance
instrumental aggression
20. The basis for most human learning
imitation
instrumental aggression
CNS and heart
Harry Harlow
21. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
scripts
metacognition
animistic reasoning
prosocial behavior
22. Those with this disease are often normal weight
amniocentesis
bulimia
affiliation motive
Diana Baumrind
23. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
intermodal perception
prosocial behavior
characteristics of autism
presbyopia
24. 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.
conscientiousness
zone of proximal development
metacognition
scaffolding
25. 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
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
vision
Lawrence Kohlberg
26. 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
memory
Robert Sternberg
John Bowlby
27. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
presbyopia
Robert Sternberg
Rousseau
prosocial behavior
28. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
accommodation
Rousseau
relational aggression
imitation
29. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Locke
Lewis Terman
learning set
scripts
30. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
identity moratorium
Uri Bronfenbrenner
superego
31. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
memory
fast mapping
prosocial behavior
32. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
formal operations stage
metacognition
assimilation
33. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Albert Bandura
conscientiousness
semantics
sensorimotor stage
34. 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
John Bowlby
identity moratorium
Locke
triarchic theory of intelligence
35. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
12 and 30
ethology
assimilation
Rousseau
36. The average number of MORPHEMES
prosocial behavior
habituation method
mean length of utterance
12 and 30
37. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
scaffolding
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Noam Chomsky
38. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
Lawrence Kohlberg
Moro reflex
fast mapping
exosystem
39. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
instrumental aggression
mental operations
maternal smoking
first spoken word
40. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
semantics
chorionic villus sampling
assimilation
41. 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
learning set
scaffolding
Uri Bronfenbrenner
superego
42. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
affiliation motive
Albert Bandura
Robert Selman
identity moratorium
43. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
conscientiousness
sensorimotor stage
identity moratorium
Moro reflex
44. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
maternal smoking
identity moratorium
bulimia
characteristics of autism
45. Term for practical intelligence
mean length of utterance
embryo
street smarts
bulimia
46. 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
sensorimotor stage
chorionic villus sampling
Susan Carey
47. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lewis Terman
Robert Selman
amniocentesis
48. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Uri Bronfenbrenner
accommodation
formal operations stage
instrumental aggression
49. Father of attachment theory
exosystem
basic emotions
John Bowlby
Albert Bandura
50. 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
amniocentesis
sandwich generation
prosocial behavior
Lawrence Kohlberg