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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
first spoken word
intermodal perception
Lev Vygotsky
2. Term for practical intelligence
formal operations stage
preoperation stage
self-concept differentiation
street smarts
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
first spoken word
ethology
12 and 30
identity moratorium
4. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
proximodistal development
Lewis Terman
Robert Selman
5 psychosexual stages
5. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
Uri Bronfenbrenner
first spoken word
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
learning set
6. The average number of MORPHEMES
identity moratorium
instrumental aggression
Robert Selman
mean length of utterance
7. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
Robert Selman
zone of proximal development
triarchic theory of intelligence
first spoken word
8. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
mental operations
semantics
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
scripts
9. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
social deprivation
reaction range theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
Susan Carey
10. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
Howard Gardner
Uri Bronfenbrenner
exosystem
11. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
normative approach
social deprivation
instrumental aggression
5 psychosexual stages
12. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
basic emotions
habituation method
Harry Harlow
Susan Carey
13. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
learning set
basic emotions
affiliation motive
semantics
14. 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.
Lawrence Kohlberg
reaction range theory of intelligence
Albert Bandura
overregularization
15. 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
sensitive period
Noam Chomsky
Moro reflex
16. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
ethology
preoperation stage
CNS and heart
Robert Selman
17. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
accommodation
pragmatics
animistic reasoning
18. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
mean length of utterance
triarchic theory of intelligence
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
instrumental aggression
19. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
sensitive period
relational aggression
habituation method
CNS and heart
20. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
proximodistal development
semantics
pragmatics
overregularization
21. 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.
prosocial behavior
Susan Carey
Howard Gardner
triarchic theory of intelligence
22. 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.
characteristics of autism
semantics
instinctive drift
preoperation stage
23. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
zone of proximal development
neglect
semantics
Lev Vygotsky
24. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
pragmatics
scaffolding
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Noam Chomsky
25. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
habituation method
accommodation
embryo
assimilation
26. 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
vision
Lawrence Kohlberg
memory
exosystem
27. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
animistic reasoning
street smarts
learning set
instinctive drift
28. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Susan Carey
characteristics of autism
Diana Baumrind
imitation
29. The basis for most human learning
normative approach
scripts
mental operations
imitation
30. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
overregularization
superego
presbyopia
Uri Bronfenbrenner
31. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
semantics
conscientiousness
CNS and heart
pragmatics
32. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Lev Vygotsky
intermodal perception
Lawrence Kohlberg
conscientiousness
33. 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.
superego
intermodal perception
neglect
zone of proximal development
34. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Lawrence Kohlberg
CNS and heart
bulimia
semantics
35. 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
presbyopia
functional play
Lawrence Kohlberg
identity moratorium
36. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
Diana Baumrind
concrete operations stage
first spoken word
12 and 30
37. 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
superego
vision
basic emotions
normative approach
38. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
characteristics of autism
Robert Sternberg
normative approach
Locke
39. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
sensitive period
mean length of utterance
Lev Vygotsky
sensorimotor stage
40. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
normative approach
Rousseau
conscientiousness
Robert Selman
41. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
fast mapping
5 psychosexual stages
exosystem
animistic reasoning
42. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
reaction range theory of intelligence
sensitive period
pragmatics
Harry Harlow
43. 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).
fast mapping
exosystem
Moro reflex
scaffolding
44. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
metacognition
fast mapping
self-concept differentiation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
45. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
scripts
instrumental aggression
sensorimotor stage
relational aggression
46. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
Harry Harlow
presbyopia
imitation
concrete operations stage
47. When more categories are added to one's self-description
social deprivation
self-concept differentiation
mental operations
learning set
48. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
pragmatics
Robert Sternberg
Harry Harlow
49. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
Harry Harlow
12 and 30
Uri Bronfenbrenner
habituation method
50. 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
5 psychosexual stages
vision
Susan Carey
prosocial behavior