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 Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this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