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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
characteristics of autism
normative approach
instrumental aggression
2. 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
Uri Bronfenbrenner
bulimia
Howard Gardner
3. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
fast mapping
imitation
normative approach
formal operations stage
4. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
mental operations
fast mapping
sensorimotor stage
5. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
first spoken word
chorionic villus sampling
assimilation
vision
6. 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.
intermodal perception
preoperation stage
basic emotions
John Bowlby
7. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
memory
exosystem
Lev Vygotsky
Uri Bronfenbrenner
8. When more categories are added to one's self-description
preoperation stage
functional play
normative approach
self-concept differentiation
9. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
sandwich generation
relational aggression
normative approach
conscientiousness
10. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
Locke
embryo
12 and 30
Harry Harlow
11. 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
reaction range theory of intelligence
maternal smoking
prosocial behavior
John Bowlby
12. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
identity moratorium
overregularization
Harry Harlow
conscientiousness
13. 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
affiliation motive
Harry Harlow
triarchic theory of intelligence
superego
14. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
functional play
normative approach
maternal smoking
ethology
15. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
superego
scaffolding
mental operations
chorionic villus sampling
16. 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.
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Moro reflex
sandwich generation
Harry Harlow
17. 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
exosystem
triarchic theory of intelligence
superego
identity moratorium
18. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
concrete operations stage
bulimia
mental operations
Uri Bronfenbrenner
19. Those with this disease are often normal weight
bulimia
Howard Gardner
intermodal perception
sensorimotor stage
20. 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
12 and 30
memory
metacognition
chorionic villus sampling
21. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
neglect
CNS and heart
triarchic theory of intelligence
concrete operations stage
22. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
proximodistal development
basic emotions
Locke
amniocentesis
23. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
Diana Baumrind
chorionic villus sampling
Susan Carey
24. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
instinctive drift
Locke
intermodal perception
25. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
prosocial behavior
metacognition
conscientiousness
maternal smoking
26. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Locke
Rousseau
scaffolding
mental operations
27. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
embryo
bulimia
affiliation motive
neglect
28. Term for practical intelligence
12 and 30
street smarts
animistic reasoning
mental operations
29. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
first spoken word
reaction range theory of intelligence
sensitive period
mental operations
30. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
relational aggression
accommodation
functional play
sensitive period
31. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
preoperation stage
semantics
normative approach
conscientiousness
32. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
Robert Selman
proximodistal development
mental operations
scaffolding
33. 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
presbyopia
learning set
Robert Sternberg
normative approach
34. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
sandwich generation
scripts
Howard Gardner
Albert Bandura
35. The basis for most human learning
semantics
imitation
Lewis Terman
formal operations stage
36. The average number of MORPHEMES
ethology
vision
affiliation motive
mean length of utterance
37. 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.
accommodation
ethology
bulimia
zone of proximal development
38. 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
Lawrence Kohlberg
habituation method
12 and 30
conscientiousness
39. 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
semantics
first spoken word
superego
40. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
presbyopia
proximodistal development
normative approach
metacognition
41. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
accommodation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
identity moratorium
42. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Lewis Terman
affiliation motive
intermodal perception
imitation
43. 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
overregularization
normative approach
fast mapping
44. 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
Susan Carey
Howard Gardner
habituation method
proximodistal development
45. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
memory
semantics
sensitive period
46. 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.
amniocentesis
prosocial behavior
Lewis Terman
Howard Gardner
47. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
habituation method
John Bowlby
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Moro reflex
48. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
Robert Selman
preoperation stage
animistic reasoning
49. 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
superego
sandwich generation
scripts
50. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
Diana Baumrind
metacognition
formal operations stage
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