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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
superego
sensitive period
self-concept differentiation
2. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
social deprivation
habituation method
chorionic villus sampling
3. 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
overregularization
scaffolding
accommodation
affiliation motive
4. The basis for most human learning
instrumental aggression
imitation
pragmatics
intermodal perception
5. 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
Rousseau
mean length of utterance
embryo
identity moratorium
6. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
functional play
amniocentesis
characteristics of autism
mean length of utterance
7. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
maternal smoking
instinctive drift
Robert Selman
sensitive period
8. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
maternal smoking
vision
Rousseau
affiliation motive
9. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
identity moratorium
pragmatics
exosystem
10. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
instrumental aggression
bulimia
vision
formal operations stage
11. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
Lewis Terman
Uri Bronfenbrenner
functional play
12. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
identity moratorium
mean length of utterance
first spoken word
formal operations stage
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
12 and 30
reaction range theory of intelligence
superego
basic emotions
14. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
accommodation
Locke
concrete operations stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
15. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
functional play
Lewis Terman
reaction range theory of intelligence
Albert Bandura
16. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
ethology
scaffolding
street smarts
17. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Robert Sternberg
Harry Harlow
Lewis Terman
presbyopia
18. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
Harry Harlow
Lawrence Kohlberg
scaffolding
functional play
19. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Lev Vygotsky
Uri Bronfenbrenner
concrete operations stage
bulimia
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
self-concept differentiation
functional play
affiliation motive
Howard Gardner
21. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
memory
presbyopia
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
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
proximodistal development
Lev Vygotsky
zone of proximal development
instrumental aggression
23. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
Diana Baumrind
mental operations
Robert Selman
triarchic theory of intelligence
24. 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
amniocentesis
Susan Carey
memory
fast mapping
25. 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.
Uri Bronfenbrenner
concrete operations stage
zone of proximal development
functional play
26. 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.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Susan Carey
12 and 30
presbyopia
27. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
fast mapping
maternal smoking
learning set
metacognition
28. Father of attachment theory
relational aggression
exosystem
John Bowlby
zone of proximal development
29. Term for practical intelligence
Moro reflex
maternal smoking
characteristics of autism
street smarts
30. 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
mental operations
zone of proximal development
maternal smoking
31. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
first spoken word
metacognition
overregularization
mean length of utterance
32. 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.
bulimia
5 psychosexual stages
metacognition
Albert Bandura
33. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
scaffolding
conscientiousness
sensorimotor stage
scripts
34. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
presbyopia
social deprivation
metacognition
embryo
35. 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
intermodal perception
affiliation motive
ethology
36. 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
pragmatics
Susan Carey
basic emotions
37. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
self-concept differentiation
Robert Sternberg
triarchic theory of intelligence
intermodal perception
38. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
Uri Bronfenbrenner
mental operations
street smarts
sensorimotor stage
39. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Robert Sternberg
memory
semantics
Diana Baumrind
40. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Rousseau
sandwich generation
basic emotions
overregularization
41. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
Howard Gardner
functional play
CNS and heart
chorionic villus sampling
42. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
exosystem
sensitive period
fast mapping
learning set
43. 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
sensitive period
normative approach
Lawrence Kohlberg
zone of proximal development
44. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
intermodal perception
basic emotions
sensorimotor stage
animistic reasoning
45. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Locke
pragmatics
Robert Sternberg
first spoken word
46. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
Robert Selman
overregularization
5 psychosexual stages
Lev Vygotsky
47. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Rousseau
Howard Gardner
Lev Vygotsky
48. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
Howard Gardner
Moro reflex
maternal smoking
concrete operations stage
49. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
Lawrence Kohlberg
Robert Sternberg
normative approach
Albert Bandura
50. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
John Bowlby
Susan Carey
scaffolding
Diana Baumrind