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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Father of attachment theory
sensorimotor stage
Harry Harlow
John Bowlby
accommodation
2. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
affiliation motive
scaffolding
instrumental aggression
CNS and heart
3. Those with this disease are often normal weight
superego
bulimia
scripts
Moro reflex
4. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
fast mapping
ethology
mean length of utterance
5. 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
ethology
zone of proximal development
characteristics of autism
6. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
reaction range theory of intelligence
identity moratorium
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Robert Sternberg
7. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
presbyopia
Diana Baumrind
memory
relational aggression
8. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
intermodal perception
presbyopia
animistic reasoning
metacognition
9. The basis for most human learning
imitation
characteristics of autism
exosystem
prosocial behavior
10. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
accommodation
exosystem
pragmatics
proximodistal development
11. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
social deprivation
semantics
12 and 30
Locke
12. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Lawrence Kohlberg
instinctive drift
exosystem
superego
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
normative approach
Locke
superego
assimilation
14. 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
Moro reflex
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Harry Harlow
15. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
identity moratorium
bulimia
intermodal perception
Rousseau
16. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
social deprivation
John Bowlby
sensorimotor stage
habituation method
17. 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.
preoperation stage
5 psychosexual stages
semantics
scripts
18. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
Diana Baumrind
reaction range theory of intelligence
embryo
Robert Sternberg
19. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
overregularization
Robert Selman
Rousseau
20. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
Uri Bronfenbrenner
ethology
Howard Gardner
mental operations
21. 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
instinctive drift
neglect
Susan Carey
ethology
22. 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
zone of proximal development
affiliation motive
scripts
basic emotions
23. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
memory
functional play
prosocial behavior
24. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
neglect
chorionic villus sampling
maternal smoking
pragmatics
25. 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
presbyopia
mental operations
zone of proximal development
26. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
amniocentesis
social deprivation
memory
sensitive period
27. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
relational aggression
triarchic theory of intelligence
metacognition
neglect
28. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
formal operations stage
sensitive period
29. 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
Lewis Terman
reaction range theory of intelligence
presbyopia
30. 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
conscientiousness
self-concept differentiation
Lawrence Kohlberg
memory
31. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
ethology
neglect
relational aggression
chorionic villus sampling
32. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
superego
first spoken word
imitation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
33. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
concrete operations stage
self-concept differentiation
overregularization
formal operations stage
34. 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).
Lev Vygotsky
exosystem
Robert Sternberg
proximodistal development
35. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
reaction range theory of intelligence
maternal smoking
animistic reasoning
John Bowlby
36. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
amniocentesis
self-concept differentiation
Locke
imitation
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
normative approach
Uri Bronfenbrenner
triarchic theory of intelligence
sensorimotor stage
38. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Noam Chomsky
sandwich generation
preoperation stage
sensorimotor stage
39. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
pragmatics
formal operations stage
Albert Bandura
40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
metacognition
first spoken word
overregularization
neglect
41. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
formal operations stage
Diana Baumrind
overregularization
self-concept differentiation
42. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
pragmatics
zone of proximal development
basic emotions
assimilation
43. 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.
CNS and heart
Robert Selman
identity moratorium
Albert Bandura
44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
sensorimotor stage
CNS and heart
characteristics of autism
45. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
relational aggression
presbyopia
Robert Selman
sensitive period
46. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
affiliation motive
scaffolding
12 and 30
Uri Bronfenbrenner
47. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
normative approach
12 and 30
scaffolding
Susan Carey
48. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
formal operations stage
neglect
ethology
49. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
vision
neglect
overregularization
Robert Sternberg
50. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
social deprivation
John Bowlby
animistic reasoning
Noam Chomsky