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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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).
exosystem
prosocial behavior
reaction range theory of intelligence
neglect
2. 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.
John Bowlby
habituation method
presbyopia
zone of proximal development
3. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
superego
Uri Bronfenbrenner
neglect
fast mapping
4. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
social deprivation
CNS and heart
presbyopia
formal operations stage
5. 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
first spoken word
CNS and heart
exosystem
6. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
neglect
John Bowlby
Noam Chomsky
7. 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
scripts
neglect
ethology
Susan Carey
8. 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
affiliation motive
maternal smoking
memory
mean length of utterance
9. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
fast mapping
Noam Chomsky
John Bowlby
neglect
10. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
functional play
basic emotions
Moro reflex
Harry Harlow
11. 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.
Moro reflex
amniocentesis
exosystem
self-concept differentiation
12. Term for practical intelligence
mental operations
Lewis Terman
street smarts
sensorimotor stage
13. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
Diana Baumrind
assimilation
first spoken word
Noam Chomsky
14. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
street smarts
ethology
habituation method
memory
15. The basis for most human learning
imitation
conscientiousness
self-concept differentiation
pragmatics
16. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
Lawrence Kohlberg
imitation
intermodal perception
prosocial behavior
17. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
mean length of utterance
metacognition
habituation method
Lewis Terman
18. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
Robert Selman
superego
concrete operations stage
Locke
19. 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
zone of proximal development
triarchic theory of intelligence
Lewis Terman
20. 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
Howard Gardner
Uri Bronfenbrenner
superego
assimilation
21. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
accommodation
metacognition
characteristics of autism
sensitive period
22. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
Lev Vygotsky
Locke
formal operations stage
23. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
pragmatics
Robert Selman
learning set
Howard Gardner
24. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
amniocentesis
exosystem
vision
Robert Sternberg
25. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
sensorimotor stage
assimilation
exosystem
Lawrence Kohlberg
26. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
learning set
basic emotions
conscientiousness
mental operations
27. 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
mental operations
fast mapping
self-concept differentiation
28. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
conscientiousness
sandwich generation
triarchic theory of intelligence
Robert Selman
29. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
instinctive drift
overregularization
Robert Selman
basic emotions
30. Those with this disease are often normal weight
sandwich generation
Moro reflex
self-concept differentiation
bulimia
31. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
memory
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
embryo
sensorimotor stage
32. When more categories are added to one's self-description
reaction range theory of intelligence
self-concept differentiation
zone of proximal development
street smarts
33. The average number of MORPHEMES
self-concept differentiation
concrete operations stage
mean length of utterance
basic emotions
34. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
sandwich generation
overregularization
embryo
chorionic villus sampling
35. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
triarchic theory of intelligence
proximodistal development
vision
Lev Vygotsky
36. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
affiliation motive
ethology
reaction range theory of intelligence
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
zone of proximal development
superego
maternal smoking
neglect
38. 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
imitation
Lev Vygotsky
preoperation stage
accommodation
39. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
affiliation motive
Locke
Moro reflex
40. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
Harry Harlow
animistic reasoning
intermodal perception
mean length of utterance
41. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
pragmatics
formal operations stage
sensorimotor stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
42. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
bulimia
Diana Baumrind
proximodistal development
functional play
43. 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
triarchic theory of intelligence
street smarts
neglect
44. 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
basic emotions
habituation method
Noam Chomsky
affiliation motive
45. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
scaffolding
neglect
Harry Harlow
first spoken word
46. 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.
Moro reflex
Susan Carey
Robert Sternberg
habituation method
47. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
fast mapping
mental operations
triarchic theory of intelligence
formal operations stage
48. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Uri Bronfenbrenner
scaffolding
affiliation motive
mental operations
49. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
fast mapping
mental operations
Locke
50. 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
instinctive drift
Lawrence Kohlberg
Diana Baumrind
zone of proximal development