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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Term for practical intelligence
Howard Gardner
maternal smoking
Lewis Terman
street smarts
2. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
conscientiousness
affiliation motive
pragmatics
basic emotions
3. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
identity moratorium
maternal smoking
overregularization
4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
Robert Sternberg
neglect
imitation
triarchic theory of intelligence
5. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
identity moratorium
chorionic villus sampling
Robert Selman
reaction range theory of intelligence
6. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
social deprivation
instinctive drift
imitation
fast mapping
7. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
identity moratorium
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
sensorimotor stage
John Bowlby
8. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
5 psychosexual stages
Howard Gardner
Locke
9. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
CNS and heart
5 psychosexual stages
affiliation motive
intermodal perception
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
Susan Carey
affiliation motive
characteristics of autism
superego
11. 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).
sensitive period
Harry Harlow
characteristics of autism
exosystem
12. 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
imitation
functional play
Howard Gardner
presbyopia
13. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Lev Vygotsky
imitation
Noam Chomsky
Lawrence Kohlberg
14. When more categories are added to one's self-description
Robert Sternberg
Lewis Terman
basic emotions
self-concept differentiation
15. 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
sensorimotor stage
ethology
affiliation motive
vision
16. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
mean length of utterance
Albert Bandura
exosystem
Locke
17. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
metacognition
Harry Harlow
exosystem
memory
18. 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.
instrumental aggression
Moro reflex
metacognition
bulimia
19. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
imitation
normative approach
superego
maternal smoking
20. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
imitation
exosystem
intermodal perception
embryo
21. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
presbyopia
ethology
self-concept differentiation
sensitive period
22. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
functional play
conscientiousness
scripts
semantics
23. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
sensorimotor stage
zone of proximal development
neglect
assimilation
24. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
mean length of utterance
Uri Bronfenbrenner
characteristics of autism
first spoken word
25. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
fast mapping
sensorimotor stage
Noam Chomsky
26. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Robert Sternberg
Moro reflex
street smarts
habituation method
27. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
instinctive drift
instrumental aggression
bulimia
28. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
assimilation
relational aggression
functional play
conscientiousness
29. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Lev Vygotsky
metacognition
Robert Selman
John Bowlby
30. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
Moro reflex
basic emotions
semantics
12 and 30
31. 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.
neglect
Albert Bandura
normative approach
presbyopia
32. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
presbyopia
social deprivation
CNS and heart
relational aggression
33. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
street smarts
self-concept differentiation
Diana Baumrind
vision
34. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
ethology
Harry Harlow
Lewis Terman
zone of proximal development
35. The average number of MORPHEMES
mean length of utterance
Howard Gardner
accommodation
functional play
36. 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
CNS and heart
exosystem
conscientiousness
37. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
imitation
John Bowlby
Rousseau
Lev Vygotsky
38. Those with this disease are often normal weight
John Bowlby
first spoken word
sensorimotor stage
bulimia
39. 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.
Diana Baumrind
first spoken word
street smarts
amniocentesis
40. 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
vision
preoperation stage
zone of proximal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
41. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
formal operations stage
12 and 30
habituation method
concrete operations stage
42. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
Robert Selman
learning set
superego
scaffolding
43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
Noam Chomsky
Diana Baumrind
normative approach
instrumental aggression
44. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
scripts
reaction range theory of intelligence
social deprivation
instinctive drift
45. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
12 and 30
Lev Vygotsky
scaffolding
triarchic theory of intelligence
46. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
assimilation
bulimia
social deprivation
47. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
5 psychosexual stages
first spoken word
Locke
zone of proximal development
48. 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.
scaffolding
bulimia
social deprivation
preoperation stage
49. 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
preoperation stage
Lev Vygotsky
neglect
Lewis Terman
50. 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
formal operations stage
intermodal perception
mental operations
memory