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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
embryo
semantics
metacognition
12 and 30
2. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
accommodation
normative approach
scripts
zone of proximal development
3. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
overregularization
bulimia
instrumental aggression
4. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
accommodation
prosocial behavior
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
CNS and heart
5. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
neglect
presbyopia
Lev Vygotsky
6. 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
fast mapping
instinctive drift
Lev Vygotsky
7. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
basic emotions
metacognition
accommodation
Robert Selman
8. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
affiliation motive
imitation
sensitive period
chorionic villus sampling
9. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
imitation
John Bowlby
Susan Carey
vision
10. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
John Bowlby
scaffolding
affiliation motive
basic emotions
11. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
reaction range theory of intelligence
mental operations
memory
5 psychosexual stages
12. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
Albert Bandura
sensitive period
bulimia
sensorimotor stage
13. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
scripts
conscientiousness
self-concept differentiation
14. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
functional play
formal operations stage
assimilation
15. 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.
Rousseau
Diana Baumrind
bulimia
zone of proximal development
16. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
identity moratorium
accommodation
overregularization
self-concept differentiation
17. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
vision
reaction range theory of intelligence
Harry Harlow
sandwich generation
18. 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
Moro reflex
semantics
Lawrence Kohlberg
Howard Gardner
19. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
Lawrence Kohlberg
metacognition
functional play
animistic reasoning
20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
Albert Bandura
instrumental aggression
sandwich generation
Noam Chomsky
21. When more categories are added to one's self-description
street smarts
functional play
self-concept differentiation
first spoken word
22. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Noam Chomsky
superego
mean length of utterance
metacognition
23. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
prosocial behavior
learning set
reaction range theory of intelligence
memory
24. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
basic emotions
12 and 30
vision
metacognition
25. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
accommodation
relational aggression
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
proximodistal development
26. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
imitation
metacognition
Albert Bandura
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
27. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
Moro reflex
5 psychosexual stages
reaction range theory of intelligence
identity moratorium
28. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Locke
self-concept differentiation
animistic reasoning
Robert Sternberg
29. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
instinctive drift
scaffolding
proximodistal development
Harry Harlow
30. 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).
relational aggression
Noam Chomsky
exosystem
assimilation
31. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
relational aggression
metacognition
conscientiousness
presbyopia
32. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
Locke
accommodation
basic emotions
33. 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
self-concept differentiation
semantics
normative approach
Lev Vygotsky
34. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
first spoken word
Robert Sternberg
assimilation
triarchic theory of intelligence
35. 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
Lewis Terman
amniocentesis
basic emotions
affiliation motive
36. 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.
normative approach
amniocentesis
Robert Selman
sensitive period
37. 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
neglect
superego
prosocial behavior
mental operations
38. Father of attachment theory
intermodal perception
neglect
John Bowlby
Lewis Terman
39. 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
bulimia
chorionic villus sampling
characteristics of autism
40. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
Locke
proximodistal development
embryo
5 psychosexual stages
41. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
conscientiousness
Rousseau
Robert Sternberg
reaction range theory of intelligence
42. 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.
first spoken word
triarchic theory of intelligence
preoperation stage
Robert Sternberg
43. Term for practical intelligence
John Bowlby
street smarts
neglect
Uri Bronfenbrenner
44. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
conscientiousness
concrete operations stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
Locke
45. 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.
Susan Carey
CNS and heart
prosocial behavior
conscientiousness
46. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
amniocentesis
zone of proximal development
Robert Selman
functional play
47. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
self-concept differentiation
mean length of utterance
habituation method
assimilation
48. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
sensitive period
social deprivation
instinctive drift
habituation method
49. 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.
amniocentesis
Moro reflex
conscientiousness
imitation
50. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
pragmatics
self-concept differentiation
proximodistal development