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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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.
memory
basic emotions
Moro reflex
embryo
2. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
habituation method
intermodal perception
Noam Chomsky
Robert Selman
3. When more categories are added to one's self-description
pragmatics
ethology
self-concept differentiation
first spoken word
4. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
vision
presbyopia
conscientiousness
Howard Gardner
5. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
preoperation stage
memory
fast mapping
12 and 30
6. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
chorionic villus sampling
ethology
normative approach
7. 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
sensorimotor stage
Albert Bandura
exosystem
8. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
Uri Bronfenbrenner
presbyopia
Lawrence Kohlberg
9. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
neglect
formal operations stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
first spoken word
10. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
Locke
Lev Vygotsky
superego
assimilation
11. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
learning set
affiliation motive
proximodistal development
fast mapping
12. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
relational aggression
Diana Baumrind
learning set
intermodal perception
13. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
sensitive period
functional play
self-concept differentiation
neglect
14. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
concrete operations stage
scaffolding
habituation method
5 psychosexual stages
15. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
identity moratorium
Moro reflex
Harry Harlow
sensitive period
16. 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
intermodal perception
Lev Vygotsky
Diana Baumrind
12 and 30
17. Those with this disease are often normal weight
instinctive drift
pragmatics
bulimia
preoperation stage
18. 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.
learning set
social deprivation
preoperation stage
Diana Baumrind
19. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
bulimia
Albert Bandura
presbyopia
12 and 30
20. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
pragmatics
conscientiousness
instrumental aggression
concrete operations stage
21. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
Lawrence Kohlberg
social deprivation
5 psychosexual stages
assimilation
22. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
fast mapping
CNS and heart
Howard Gardner
identity moratorium
23. 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.
Lawrence Kohlberg
vision
identity moratorium
zone of proximal development
24. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
John Bowlby
Uri Bronfenbrenner
semantics
instrumental aggression
25. Father of attachment theory
Albert Bandura
John Bowlby
reaction range theory of intelligence
instrumental aggression
26. 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
sandwich generation
maternal smoking
normative approach
ethology
27. The average number of MORPHEMES
imitation
accommodation
neglect
mean length of utterance
28. 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
metacognition
concrete operations stage
street smarts
identity moratorium
29. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
reaction range theory of intelligence
relational aggression
overregularization
functional play
30. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
instinctive drift
ethology
normative approach
chorionic villus sampling
31. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Robert Selman
instinctive drift
sandwich generation
Rousseau
32. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
John Bowlby
animistic reasoning
normative approach
instinctive drift
33. The basis for most human learning
Diana Baumrind
accommodation
imitation
sandwich generation
34. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
identity moratorium
fast mapping
self-concept differentiation
prosocial behavior
35. 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
Rousseau
Lawrence Kohlberg
zone of proximal development
36. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
sandwich generation
basic emotions
reaction range theory of intelligence
sensorimotor stage
37. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Lewis Terman
social deprivation
Harry Harlow
Howard Gardner
38. 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
vision
social deprivation
self-concept differentiation
prosocial behavior
39. 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
intermodal perception
embryo
normative approach
street smarts
40. 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
intermodal perception
memory
normative approach
Moro reflex
41. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
mental operations
sensorimotor stage
Lewis Terman
Uri Bronfenbrenner
42. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
metacognition
sensorimotor stage
Lawrence Kohlberg
instrumental aggression
43. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
Noam Chomsky
sandwich generation
Rousseau
formal operations stage
44. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
instrumental aggression
pragmatics
Diana Baumrind
functional play
45. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
superego
sensorimotor stage
Rousseau
Locke
46. Term for practical intelligence
Robert Selman
street smarts
John Bowlby
Rousseau
47. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
prosocial behavior
normative approach
Lawrence Kohlberg
social deprivation
48. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
affiliation motive
Uri Bronfenbrenner
first spoken word
49. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
prosocial behavior
vision
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Harry Harlow
50. 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
conscientiousness
sensorimotor stage
affiliation motive
superego
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