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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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.
Rousseau
Robert Sternberg
amniocentesis
scripts
2. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
characteristics of autism
habituation method
Lewis Terman
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
3. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
pragmatics
conscientiousness
presbyopia
zone of proximal development
4. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
mean length of utterance
Robert Selman
proximodistal development
conscientiousness
5. 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
Uri Bronfenbrenner
formal operations stage
social deprivation
6. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
concrete operations stage
formal operations stage
maternal smoking
semantics
7. 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.
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Moro reflex
Robert Sternberg
basic emotions
8. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
sandwich generation
neglect
Noam Chomsky
5 psychosexual stages
9. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
relational aggression
accommodation
mental operations
Uri Bronfenbrenner
10. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
vision
mental operations
zone of proximal development
ethology
11. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
proximodistal development
social deprivation
preoperation stage
sandwich generation
12. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
embryo
Rousseau
Moro reflex
conscientiousness
13. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
identity moratorium
Noam Chomsky
learning set
social deprivation
14. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Lev Vygotsky
basic emotions
intermodal perception
pragmatics
15. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
self-concept differentiation
Moro reflex
Locke
imitation
16. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
formal operations stage
relational aggression
concrete operations stage
street smarts
17. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
12 and 30
animistic reasoning
overregularization
Lev Vygotsky
18. 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
assimilation
social deprivation
mental operations
affiliation motive
19. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
metacognition
functional play
12 and 30
Susan Carey
20. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
Locke
basic emotions
scaffolding
21. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
metacognition
chorionic villus sampling
characteristics of autism
12 and 30
22. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Albert Bandura
habituation method
maternal smoking
23. Term for practical intelligence
street smarts
functional play
proximodistal development
Robert Sternberg
24. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
mental operations
proximodistal development
basic emotions
first spoken word
25. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
Lewis Terman
mean length of utterance
reaction range theory of intelligence
instrumental aggression
26. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
mental operations
triarchic theory of intelligence
scripts
27. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
normative approach
intermodal perception
conscientiousness
John Bowlby
28. The average number of MORPHEMES
relational aggression
animistic reasoning
amniocentesis
mean length of utterance
29. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
preoperation stage
exosystem
concrete operations stage
30. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Lewis Terman
Albert Bandura
normative approach
assimilation
31. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Harry Harlow
maternal smoking
functional play
32. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
presbyopia
scripts
functional play
Susan Carey
33. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
Robert Selman
basic emotions
Robert Sternberg
prosocial behavior
34. 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
Robert Selman
Lawrence Kohlberg
5 psychosexual stages
imitation
35. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
sensorimotor stage
self-concept differentiation
reaction range theory of intelligence
36. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Noam Chomsky
sensorimotor stage
Robert Sternberg
preoperation stage
37. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
sensorimotor stage
concrete operations stage
fast mapping
instrumental aggression
38. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
proximodistal development
sensitive period
habituation method
formal operations stage
39. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
sensorimotor stage
Uri Bronfenbrenner
assimilation
Locke
40. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
identity moratorium
Uri Bronfenbrenner
exosystem
chorionic villus sampling
41. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
neglect
embryo
zone of proximal development
metacognition
42. 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.
zone of proximal development
animistic reasoning
sensorimotor stage
first spoken word
43. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
5 psychosexual stages
semantics
neglect
44. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
memory
imitation
Lewis Terman
formal operations stage
45. 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
Lev Vygotsky
memory
exosystem
Moro reflex
46. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
embryo
presbyopia
conscientiousness
Robert Sternberg
47. 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
superego
Moro reflex
accommodation
48. 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
12 and 30
conscientiousness
Robert Sternberg
normative approach
49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
John Bowlby
vision
Lev Vygotsky
characteristics of autism
50. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
Diana Baumrind
Lewis Terman
assimilation
vision