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