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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
Locke
first spoken word
self-concept differentiation
assimilation
2. The basis for most human learning
imitation
exosystem
intermodal perception
scripts
3. 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.
Moro reflex
habituation method
sandwich generation
Susan Carey
4. 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.
chorionic villus sampling
superego
preoperation stage
street smarts
5. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
preoperation stage
CNS and heart
conscientiousness
mean length of utterance
6. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
12 and 30
instrumental aggression
sandwich generation
relational aggression
7. 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.
triarchic theory of intelligence
chorionic villus sampling
conscientiousness
amniocentesis
8. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Robert Sternberg
self-concept differentiation
relational aggression
Uri Bronfenbrenner
9. 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
overregularization
sandwich generation
identity moratorium
Lawrence Kohlberg
10. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
proximodistal development
self-concept differentiation
sensorimotor stage
normative approach
11. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
formal operations stage
Howard Gardner
characteristics of autism
12. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
normative approach
Howard Gardner
street smarts
13. Those with this disease are often normal weight
fast mapping
conscientiousness
chorionic villus sampling
bulimia
14. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
preoperation stage
neglect
maternal smoking
accommodation
15. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
assimilation
scripts
maternal smoking
Susan Carey
16. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
Diana Baumrind
triarchic theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
basic emotions
17. 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
Lewis Terman
intermodal perception
concrete operations stage
Howard Gardner
18. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
memory
Locke
assimilation
vision
19. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
Robert Sternberg
accommodation
neglect
chorionic villus sampling
20. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
triarchic theory of intelligence
chorionic villus sampling
mental operations
memory
21. 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
assimilation
Rousseau
affiliation motive
mental operations
22. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
habituation method
functional play
embryo
social deprivation
23. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
street smarts
social deprivation
embryo
animistic reasoning
24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
superego
sensorimotor stage
Moro reflex
pragmatics
25. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
identity moratorium
embryo
presbyopia
fast mapping
26. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
Harry Harlow
zone of proximal development
self-concept differentiation
27. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
overregularization
first spoken word
superego
Robert Selman
28. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Locke
Harry Harlow
semantics
identity moratorium
29. 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
Moro reflex
normative approach
superego
maternal smoking
30. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
ethology
CNS and heart
fast mapping
embryo
31. 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
sensorimotor stage
prosocial behavior
scripts
Lawrence Kohlberg
32. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Lawrence Kohlberg
learning set
characteristics of autism
Noam Chomsky
33. 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.
Albert Bandura
formal operations stage
Robert Sternberg
superego
34. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
John Bowlby
embryo
proximodistal development
35. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
sensorimotor stage
scripts
fast mapping
instinctive drift
36. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
5 psychosexual stages
12 and 30
affiliation motive
metacognition
37. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
presbyopia
Albert Bandura
basic emotions
sandwich generation
38. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
pragmatics
Noam Chomsky
bulimia
fast mapping
39. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
self-concept differentiation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lev Vygotsky
bulimia
40. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
sensorimotor stage
memory
embryo
41. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Harry Harlow
5 psychosexual stages
mental operations
Rousseau
42. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
12 and 30
concrete operations stage
characteristics of autism
first spoken word
43. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
Lewis Terman
relational aggression
habituation method
learning set
44. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Uri Bronfenbrenner
scaffolding
metacognition
preoperation stage
45. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
preoperation stage
functional play
metacognition
concrete operations stage
46. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
amniocentesis
social deprivation
triarchic theory of intelligence
47. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
metacognition
mental operations
intermodal perception
48. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
affiliation motive
animistic reasoning
pragmatics
Lewis Terman
49. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
reaction range theory of intelligence
Howard Gardner
functional play
normative approach
50. 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
presbyopia
affiliation motive
Noam Chomsky
ethology