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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
Moro reflex
scripts
Lewis Terman
mean length of utterance
2. When more categories are added to one's self-description
fast mapping
self-concept differentiation
learning set
identity moratorium
3. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Noam Chomsky
chorionic villus sampling
zone of proximal development
4. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
habituation method
Locke
exosystem
instinctive drift
5. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
preoperation stage
conscientiousness
Susan Carey
functional play
6. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
basic emotions
Uri Bronfenbrenner
characteristics of autism
7. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
Diana Baumrind
CNS and heart
sensorimotor stage
exosystem
8. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
concrete operations stage
characteristics of autism
first spoken word
Lewis Terman
9. 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.
habituation method
memory
sensorimotor stage
zone of proximal development
10. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
formal operations stage
Albert Bandura
vision
Uri Bronfenbrenner
11. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
amniocentesis
street smarts
sensitive period
presbyopia
12. Those with this disease are often normal weight
social deprivation
bulimia
zone of proximal development
Susan Carey
13. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
identity moratorium
instrumental aggression
Harry Harlow
12 and 30
14. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
Moro reflex
mean length of utterance
CNS and heart
15. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
formal operations stage
memory
relational aggression
16. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
embryo
metacognition
Lawrence Kohlberg
pragmatics
17. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
affiliation motive
Howard Gardner
John Bowlby
18. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
proximodistal development
mean length of utterance
normative approach
19. 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).
John Bowlby
scripts
exosystem
Noam Chomsky
20. 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.
12 and 30
Lev Vygotsky
amniocentesis
habituation method
21. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
CNS and heart
assimilation
chorionic villus sampling
learning set
22. 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
Howard Gardner
concrete operations stage
superego
metacognition
23. 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
Uri Bronfenbrenner
normative approach
Robert Sternberg
Locke
24. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
assimilation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lev Vygotsky
Susan Carey
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
Diana Baumrind
amniocentesis
Lev Vygotsky
bulimia
26. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
normative approach
John Bowlby
neglect
instinctive drift
27. 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
Howard Gardner
presbyopia
bulimia
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
28. 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
Howard Gardner
superego
proximodistal development
ethology
29. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
self-concept differentiation
learning set
basic emotions
preoperation stage
30. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
Uri Bronfenbrenner
social deprivation
sensorimotor stage
Susan Carey
31. 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
fast mapping
maternal smoking
identity moratorium
intermodal perception
32. Father of attachment theory
ethology
chorionic villus sampling
John Bowlby
zone of proximal development
33. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Locke
scaffolding
social deprivation
pragmatics
34. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
fast mapping
animistic reasoning
ethology
Robert Selman
35. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
instinctive drift
imitation
Lev Vygotsky
36. 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.
Harry Harlow
habituation method
Rousseau
Albert Bandura
37. 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.
Susan Carey
superego
vision
Moro reflex
38. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Rousseau
Howard Gardner
Robert Selman
prosocial behavior
39. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
street smarts
assimilation
fast mapping
memory
40. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
ethology
scaffolding
self-concept differentiation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
41. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
accommodation
Lev Vygotsky
normative approach
Robert Sternberg
42. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
memory
characteristics of autism
functional play
Uri Bronfenbrenner
43. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Harry Harlow
Locke
Diana Baumrind
Robert Sternberg
44. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
John Bowlby
imitation
Lawrence Kohlberg
45. The average number of MORPHEMES
maternal smoking
mean length of utterance
chorionic villus sampling
presbyopia
46. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
basic emotions
maternal smoking
5 psychosexual stages
CNS and heart
47. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
sensorimotor stage
zone of proximal development
bulimia
48. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
reaction range theory of intelligence
Locke
mental operations
learning set
49. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Lewis Terman
12 and 30
Locke
formal operations stage
50. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
Robert Sternberg
assimilation
scaffolding
accommodation