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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
first spoken word
imitation
proximodistal development
presbyopia
2. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
pragmatics
John Bowlby
sensorimotor stage
embryo
3. 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
mean length of utterance
Lawrence Kohlberg
mental operations
4. The basis for most human learning
Moro reflex
sensorimotor stage
embryo
imitation
5. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
zone of proximal development
reaction range theory of intelligence
social deprivation
Moro reflex
6. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
semantics
embryo
identity moratorium
Robert Selman
7. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
conscientiousness
scripts
functional play
formal operations stage
8. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
instinctive drift
Locke
intermodal perception
memory
9. When more categories are added to one's self-description
accommodation
Robert Selman
self-concept differentiation
instrumental aggression
10. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Locke
pragmatics
formal operations stage
Noam Chomsky
11. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
assimilation
self-concept differentiation
scripts
12. Father of attachment theory
John Bowlby
overregularization
social deprivation
conscientiousness
13. 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.
zone of proximal development
Moro reflex
Harry Harlow
imitation
14. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
characteristics of autism
habituation method
triarchic theory of intelligence
15. 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
proximodistal development
affiliation motive
scripts
basic emotions
16. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
preoperation stage
learning set
exosystem
CNS and heart
17. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
characteristics of autism
functional play
Howard Gardner
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.
assimilation
zone of proximal development
presbyopia
preoperation stage
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).
Diana Baumrind
exosystem
identity moratorium
semantics
20. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
animistic reasoning
affiliation motive
first spoken word
5 psychosexual stages
21. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Lev Vygotsky
overregularization
embryo
semantics
22. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
Lev Vygotsky
preoperation stage
habituation method
first spoken word
23. 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
identity moratorium
neglect
mental operations
vision
24. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Locke
intermodal perception
Rousseau
habituation method
25. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
zone of proximal development
Uri Bronfenbrenner
12 and 30
identity moratorium
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
reaction range theory of intelligence
memory
preoperation stage
scripts
27. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
sensorimotor stage
CNS and heart
Harry Harlow
Howard Gardner
28. 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
Lev Vygotsky
assimilation
street smarts
zone of proximal development
29. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
identity moratorium
accommodation
semantics
overregularization
30. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
imitation
presbyopia
relational aggression
Robert Sternberg
31. 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.
Lev Vygotsky
accommodation
sensitive period
Albert Bandura
32. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
accommodation
12 and 30
prosocial behavior
Lev Vygotsky
33. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
accommodation
basic emotions
neglect
fast mapping
34. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
accommodation
CNS and heart
John Bowlby
35. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
concrete operations stage
5 psychosexual stages
Rousseau
habituation method
36. 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
embryo
John Bowlby
CNS and heart
prosocial behavior
37. 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
superego
Susan Carey
formal operations stage
normative approach
38. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
memory
functional play
Rousseau
39. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
neglect
amniocentesis
bulimia
sensitive period
40. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Moro reflex
metacognition
Robert Selman
exosystem
41. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
basic emotions
semantics
assimilation
42. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
basic emotions
sensorimotor stage
Uri Bronfenbrenner
43. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
intermodal perception
instrumental aggression
learning set
metacognition
44. Term for practical intelligence
overregularization
street smarts
proximodistal development
learning set
45. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
normative approach
Susan Carey
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lewis Terman
46. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Diana Baumrind
John Bowlby
imitation
bulimia
47. 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
scaffolding
preoperation stage
Lawrence Kohlberg
normative approach
48. 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.
CNS and heart
imitation
characteristics of autism
amniocentesis
49. 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
superego
bulimia
sensitive period
50. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
scaffolding
triarchic theory of intelligence
Albert Bandura
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