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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Noam Chomsky
social deprivation
conscientiousness
accommodation
2. 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
characteristics of autism
normative approach
Lewis Terman
learning set
3. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
conscientiousness
basic emotions
maternal smoking
amniocentesis
4. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
accommodation
scaffolding
concrete operations stage
formal operations stage
5. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
memory
sandwich generation
scaffolding
6. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
concrete operations stage
first spoken word
affiliation motive
7. 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
zone of proximal development
accommodation
Lawrence Kohlberg
vision
8. 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
prosocial behavior
Diana Baumrind
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
characteristics of autism
9. Father of attachment theory
scripts
maternal smoking
Lawrence Kohlberg
John Bowlby
10. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
Howard Gardner
embryo
maternal smoking
Albert Bandura
11. 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
mean length of utterance
Diana Baumrind
affiliation motive
Lev Vygotsky
12. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
self-concept differentiation
functional play
Noam Chomsky
mean length of utterance
13. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
Rousseau
reaction range theory of intelligence
maternal smoking
vision
14. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
Rousseau
habituation method
Robert Sternberg
15. When more categories are added to one's self-description
street smarts
self-concept differentiation
characteristics of autism
Albert Bandura
16. 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.
Noam Chomsky
Albert Bandura
animistic reasoning
5 psychosexual stages
17. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
scaffolding
preoperation stage
identity moratorium
amniocentesis
18. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
Harry Harlow
sandwich generation
fast mapping
Rousseau
19. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
social deprivation
first spoken word
5 psychosexual stages
Robert Sternberg
20. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
vision
scaffolding
semantics
sensorimotor stage
21. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
12 and 30
animistic reasoning
exosystem
5 psychosexual stages
22. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
metacognition
concrete operations stage
overregularization
mental operations
23. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
formal operations stage
Robert Sternberg
12 and 30
24. 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
amniocentesis
basic emotions
intermodal perception
identity moratorium
25. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
5 psychosexual stages
amniocentesis
presbyopia
26. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
neglect
5 psychosexual stages
ethology
Lewis Terman
27. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
formal operations stage
sensorimotor stage
overregularization
intermodal perception
28. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
sandwich generation
triarchic theory of intelligence
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
sensorimotor stage
29. 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
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
assimilation
mental operations
ethology
30. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
self-concept differentiation
Howard Gardner
ethology
CNS and heart
31. 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
Rousseau
mean length of utterance
Howard Gardner
sensorimotor stage
32. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
maternal smoking
Uri Bronfenbrenner
first spoken word
amniocentesis
33. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
Robert Selman
relational aggression
scripts
formal operations stage
34. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Moro reflex
basic emotions
5 psychosexual stages
sandwich generation
35. 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
amniocentesis
proximodistal development
Locke
memory
36. 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
reaction range theory of intelligence
amniocentesis
vision
37. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
formal operations stage
Robert Selman
Lev Vygotsky
characteristics of autism
38. 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.
superego
preoperation stage
accommodation
scripts
39. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
affiliation motive
mean length of utterance
instrumental aggression
40. Term for practical intelligence
Uri Bronfenbrenner
pragmatics
street smarts
John Bowlby
41. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
John Bowlby
Albert Bandura
amniocentesis
mental operations
42. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Robert Selman
Albert Bandura
instrumental aggression
social deprivation
43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
scripts
normative approach
instrumental aggression
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
44. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
pragmatics
vision
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Howard Gardner
45. 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
conscientiousness
sensorimotor stage
Noam Chomsky
superego
46. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
habituation method
Lewis Terman
overregularization
normative approach
47. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
learning set
formal operations stage
amniocentesis
48. 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
zone of proximal development
amniocentesis
overregularization
49. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
instinctive drift
Moro reflex
Lev Vygotsky
50. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
Robert Sternberg
intermodal perception
relational aggression
sensorimotor stage