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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
fast mapping
vision
functional play
Diana Baumrind
2. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
fast mapping
Robert Sternberg
identity moratorium
3. 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.
Robert Selman
overregularization
scaffolding
Albert Bandura
4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
Lewis Terman
social deprivation
basic emotions
5. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
vision
ethology
sandwich generation
John Bowlby
6. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Noam Chomsky
relational aggression
Rousseau
pragmatics
7. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
memory
basic emotions
sandwich generation
intermodal perception
8. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
sensorimotor stage
triarchic theory of intelligence
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
first spoken word
9. 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
CNS and heart
Lewis Terman
chorionic villus sampling
10. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Robert Selman
affiliation motive
functional play
concrete operations stage
11. 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.
Lawrence Kohlberg
preoperation stage
chorionic villus sampling
identity moratorium
12. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
fast mapping
assimilation
imitation
reaction range theory of intelligence
13. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
12 and 30
proximodistal development
Rousseau
bulimia
14. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
neglect
mental operations
instinctive drift
zone of proximal development
15. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
Rousseau
presbyopia
self-concept differentiation
sandwich generation
16. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
first spoken word
embryo
overregularization
concrete operations stage
17. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
sensorimotor stage
instrumental aggression
social deprivation
affiliation motive
18. When more categories are added to one's self-description
Locke
self-concept differentiation
scripts
zone of proximal development
19. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
instinctive drift
zone of proximal development
reaction range theory of intelligence
20. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
social deprivation
functional play
imitation
fast mapping
21. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
sensorimotor stage
Noam Chomsky
mental operations
22. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
semantics
John Bowlby
Noam Chomsky
habituation method
23. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
zone of proximal development
proximodistal development
ethology
first spoken word
24. 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
learning set
reaction range theory of intelligence
affiliation motive
triarchic theory of intelligence
25. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
metacognition
relational aggression
pragmatics
ethology
26. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
Uri Bronfenbrenner
sensitive period
Lewis Terman
27. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
imitation
CNS and heart
Robert Sternberg
vision
28. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
maternal smoking
sandwich generation
animistic reasoning
sensitive period
29. 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.
prosocial behavior
Moro reflex
sandwich generation
triarchic theory of intelligence
30. 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
memory
Lawrence Kohlberg
functional play
superego
31. 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
Howard Gardner
ethology
bulimia
prosocial behavior
32. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
sandwich generation
relational aggression
Lewis Terman
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.
first spoken word
amniocentesis
Lawrence Kohlberg
embryo
34. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
prosocial behavior
pragmatics
assimilation
basic emotions
35. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
intermodal perception
ethology
Howard Gardner
36. The average number of MORPHEMES
memory
self-concept differentiation
Rousseau
mean length of utterance
37. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Susan Carey
Lev Vygotsky
Uri Bronfenbrenner
proximodistal development
38. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
amniocentesis
proximodistal development
characteristics of autism
embryo
39. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
mental operations
sensorimotor stage
learning set
40. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
social deprivation
neglect
characteristics of autism
Lewis Terman
41. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Albert Bandura
affiliation motive
ethology
42. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
neglect
sensitive period
Rousseau
Diana Baumrind
43. 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
Lev Vygotsky
semantics
conscientiousness
Robert Sternberg
44. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
basic emotions
Harry Harlow
Locke
pragmatics
45. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
presbyopia
self-concept differentiation
instinctive drift
46. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
Noam Chomsky
formal operations stage
scaffolding
mental operations
47. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
Locke
embryo
bulimia
functional play
48. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
sensorimotor stage
5 psychosexual stages
reaction range theory of intelligence
presbyopia
49. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
animistic reasoning
mean length of utterance
accommodation
scaffolding
50. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
reaction range theory of intelligence
normative approach
mean length of utterance