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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
Lewis Terman
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Harry Harlow
exosystem
2. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
instrumental aggression
sensorimotor stage
semantics
5 psychosexual stages
3. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
mean length of utterance
affiliation motive
scripts
4. 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
neglect
embryo
prosocial behavior
scripts
5. 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
embryo
first spoken word
characteristics of autism
6. 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
learning set
overregularization
Lawrence Kohlberg
instinctive drift
7. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
semantics
learning set
triarchic theory of intelligence
8. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
Locke
mental operations
characteristics of autism
9. 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.
Lawrence Kohlberg
amniocentesis
Lev Vygotsky
sensorimotor stage
10. 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
Moro reflex
accommodation
Lewis Terman
11. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
first spoken word
metacognition
exosystem
Noam Chomsky
12. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
CNS and heart
John Bowlby
concrete operations stage
social deprivation
13. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
intermodal perception
overregularization
sensitive period
14. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
accommodation
self-concept differentiation
instinctive drift
scaffolding
15. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
assimilation
sandwich generation
formal operations stage
prosocial behavior
16. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
social deprivation
reaction range theory of intelligence
instrumental aggression
12 and 30
17. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
formal operations stage
Robert Selman
identity moratorium
intermodal perception
18. 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).
Uri Bronfenbrenner
exosystem
social deprivation
sensitive period
19. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
animistic reasoning
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Howard Gardner
triarchic theory of intelligence
20. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
overregularization
5 psychosexual stages
scripts
Howard Gardner
21. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
accommodation
semantics
imitation
prosocial behavior
22. When more categories are added to one's self-description
overregularization
basic emotions
Robert Selman
self-concept differentiation
23. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
reaction range theory of intelligence
pragmatics
bulimia
basic emotions
24. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
accommodation
overregularization
Robert Selman
pragmatics
25. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Robert Sternberg
instinctive drift
embryo
Locke
26. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
neglect
zone of proximal development
overregularization
27. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
proximodistal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
reaction range theory of intelligence
Diana Baumrind
28. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
instinctive drift
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
prosocial behavior
29. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
Lewis Terman
conscientiousness
scripts
functional play
30. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
Robert Selman
self-concept differentiation
fast mapping
social deprivation
31. 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
zone of proximal development
identity moratorium
32. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
embryo
chorionic villus sampling
self-concept differentiation
animistic reasoning
33. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
normative approach
overregularization
Lev Vygotsky
neglect
34. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
formal operations stage
sensitive period
instinctive drift
instrumental aggression
35. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
exosystem
Robert Sternberg
CNS and heart
36. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
Diana Baumrind
scripts
CNS and heart
learning set
37. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
vision
semantics
Moro reflex
conscientiousness
38. 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
identity moratorium
normative approach
scaffolding
sensitive period
39. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
concrete operations stage
Lewis Terman
proximodistal development
chorionic villus sampling
40. 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
imitation
sensitive period
identity moratorium
sensorimotor stage
41. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
proximodistal development
pragmatics
presbyopia
street smarts
42. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
fast mapping
neglect
Diana Baumrind
Howard Gardner
43. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
mental operations
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
relational aggression
12 and 30
44. Term for practical intelligence
characteristics of autism
street smarts
intermodal perception
imitation
45. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
neglect
superego
conscientiousness
sensitive period
46. 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.
social deprivation
Lewis Terman
Moro reflex
reaction range theory of intelligence
47. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
intermodal perception
embryo
superego
habituation method
48. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
imitation
Locke
sensorimotor stage
animistic reasoning
49. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
assimilation
overregularization
Lev Vygotsky
animistic reasoning
50. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
triarchic theory of intelligence
Lawrence Kohlberg
CNS and heart