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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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
semantics
relational aggression
fast mapping
ethology
2. The basis for most human learning
imitation
chorionic villus sampling
vision
social deprivation
3. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
amniocentesis
Lewis Terman
metacognition
Locke
4. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
vision
accommodation
John Bowlby
preoperation stage
5. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
Lawrence Kohlberg
sensorimotor stage
scaffolding
6. The average number of MORPHEMES
Lawrence Kohlberg
bulimia
mean length of utterance
sandwich generation
7. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
Lewis Terman
Moro reflex
instinctive drift
scripts
8. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
habituation method
triarchic theory of intelligence
bulimia
first spoken word
9. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
semantics
conscientiousness
affiliation motive
Albert Bandura
10. 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
zone of proximal development
Lev Vygotsky
John Bowlby
11. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
scaffolding
relational aggression
Robert Sternberg
Howard Gardner
12. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
zone of proximal development
accommodation
5 psychosexual stages
13. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
social deprivation
Noam Chomsky
chorionic villus sampling
14. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
affiliation motive
basic emotions
intermodal perception
15. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
instrumental aggression
overregularization
mental operations
16. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
learning set
fast mapping
sensitive period
proximodistal development
17. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
social deprivation
Rousseau
learning set
Noam Chomsky
18. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
concrete operations stage
presbyopia
Diana Baumrind
identity moratorium
19. When more categories are added to one's self-description
embryo
Lev Vygotsky
characteristics of autism
self-concept differentiation
20. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
ethology
12 and 30
Lewis Terman
sensorimotor stage
21. 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).
affiliation motive
semantics
bulimia
exosystem
22. Term for practical intelligence
reaction range theory of intelligence
overregularization
street smarts
exosystem
23. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
embryo
concrete operations stage
Rousseau
instinctive drift
24. 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.
presbyopia
intermodal perception
Noam Chomsky
Susan Carey
25. 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
street smarts
normative approach
Harry Harlow
zone of proximal development
26. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
Noam Chomsky
memory
Moro reflex
27. 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.
pragmatics
Moro reflex
Albert Bandura
presbyopia
28. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
scaffolding
formal operations stage
CNS and heart
imitation
29. 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
instinctive drift
12 and 30
functional play
memory
30. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Uri Bronfenbrenner
bulimia
pragmatics
scaffolding
31. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
social deprivation
intermodal perception
affiliation motive
semantics
32. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instrumental aggression
neglect
ethology
12 and 30
33. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
Locke
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
sensitive period
Robert Sternberg
34. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
scaffolding
habituation method
functional play
35. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Locke
Lewis Terman
metacognition
pragmatics
36. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
presbyopia
Locke
functional play
Albert Bandura
37. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
12 and 30
fast mapping
learning set
embryo
38. 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
proximodistal development
street smarts
superego
39. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
learning set
pragmatics
Lewis Terman
memory
40. 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
triarchic theory of intelligence
prosocial behavior
Rousseau
fast mapping
41. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
Lawrence Kohlberg
memory
fast mapping
42. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
relational aggression
proximodistal development
functional play
triarchic theory of intelligence
43. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
accommodation
Susan Carey
basic emotions
44. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
Albert Bandura
characteristics of autism
instrumental aggression
45. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
Harry Harlow
affiliation motive
basic emotions
intermodal perception
46. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
reaction range theory of intelligence
sensorimotor stage
Diana Baumrind
maternal smoking
47. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
basic emotions
ethology
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Robert Selman
48. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
Lewis Terman
memory
Robert Selman
formal operations stage
49. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Lev Vygotsky
sandwich generation
fast mapping
Moro reflex
50. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
proximodistal development
normative approach
functional play
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom