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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
imitation
fast mapping
Robert Sternberg
ethology
2. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
Robert Selman
Lewis Terman
superego
proximodistal development
3. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
intermodal perception
scripts
social deprivation
fast mapping
4. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
zone of proximal development
CNS and heart
sensorimotor stage
Uri Bronfenbrenner
5. Father of attachment theory
exosystem
John Bowlby
ethology
presbyopia
6. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
superego
Lewis Terman
Howard Gardner
accommodation
7. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
formal operations stage
triarchic theory of intelligence
characteristics of autism
proximodistal development
8. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
Lawrence Kohlberg
scaffolding
instinctive drift
9. 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
Lewis Terman
conscientiousness
basic emotions
ethology
10. Term for practical intelligence
street smarts
Uri Bronfenbrenner
learning set
social deprivation
11. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
12 and 30
social deprivation
presbyopia
Uri Bronfenbrenner
12. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
zone of proximal development
assimilation
John Bowlby
Diana Baumrind
13. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
animistic reasoning
Noam Chomsky
functional play
14. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
memory
bulimia
maternal smoking
imitation
15. 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
John Bowlby
triarchic theory of intelligence
street smarts
Lawrence Kohlberg
16. The basis for most human learning
imitation
semantics
assimilation
normative approach
17. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Locke
Moro reflex
prosocial behavior
triarchic theory of intelligence
18. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
Susan Carey
Rousseau
vision
sandwich generation
19. 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
maternal smoking
habituation method
affiliation motive
animistic reasoning
20. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
Diana Baumrind
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
instrumental aggression
conscientiousness
21. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Uri Bronfenbrenner
scaffolding
identity moratorium
neglect
22. 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
amniocentesis
Lev Vygotsky
vision
instrumental aggression
23. 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).
relational aggression
exosystem
zone of proximal development
amniocentesis
24. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
memory
learning set
chorionic villus sampling
accommodation
25. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
zone of proximal development
Locke
animistic reasoning
concrete operations stage
26. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
exosystem
12 and 30
sensorimotor stage
metacognition
27. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
proximodistal development
5 psychosexual stages
formal operations stage
imitation
28. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
Moro reflex
metacognition
social deprivation
basic emotions
29. 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
Moro reflex
metacognition
memory
30. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
embryo
assimilation
zone of proximal development
CNS and heart
31. 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.
mental operations
self-concept differentiation
amniocentesis
zone of proximal development
32. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
sandwich generation
John Bowlby
semantics
Noam Chomsky
33. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
first spoken word
learning set
Noam Chomsky
Albert Bandura
34. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Uri Bronfenbrenner
pragmatics
metacognition
Howard Gardner
35. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
metacognition
fast mapping
assimilation
street smarts
36. 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
Robert Selman
pragmatics
identity moratorium
exosystem
37. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
bulimia
semantics
sensitive period
conscientiousness
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
proximodistal development
bulimia
normative approach
Robert Selman
39. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
social deprivation
superego
neglect
pragmatics
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.
Lewis Terman
functional play
preoperation stage
habituation method
41. 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.
intermodal perception
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Susan Carey
instrumental aggression
42. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
conscientiousness
animistic reasoning
overregularization
assimilation
43. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
social deprivation
CNS and heart
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
reaction range theory of intelligence
44. 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.
prosocial behavior
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
instrumental aggression
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
instrumental aggression
superego
Noam Chomsky
amniocentesis
46. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Diana Baumrind
intermodal perception
vision
Rousseau
47. Those with this disease are often normal weight
bulimia
sensitive period
affiliation motive
scaffolding
48. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
sensitive period
concrete operations stage
animistic reasoning
ethology
49. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
Locke
concrete operations stage
ethology
50. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
scaffolding
Rousseau
Albert Bandura
sandwich generation