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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
affiliation motive
formal operations stage
5 psychosexual stages
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
2. 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.
self-concept differentiation
superego
prosocial behavior
zone of proximal development
3. Father of attachment theory
amniocentesis
Robert Selman
instinctive drift
John Bowlby
4. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
Albert Bandura
assimilation
triarchic theory of intelligence
habituation method
5. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
chorionic villus sampling
normative approach
habituation method
Robert Selman
6. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
basic emotions
Locke
assimilation
embryo
7. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
12 and 30
fast mapping
mean length of utterance
conscientiousness
8. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
social deprivation
fast mapping
Harry Harlow
intermodal perception
9. 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
identity moratorium
mental operations
preoperation stage
10. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
formal operations stage
basic emotions
scripts
street smarts
11. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
proximodistal development
characteristics of autism
CNS and heart
12. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
Harry Harlow
scaffolding
Lev Vygotsky
conscientiousness
13. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
sensorimotor stage
learning set
overregularization
12 and 30
14. 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.
self-concept differentiation
imitation
sensorimotor stage
Susan Carey
15. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
overregularization
CNS and heart
metacognition
memory
16. The average number of MORPHEMES
mean length of utterance
Lewis Terman
sensitive period
basic emotions
17. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
sensorimotor stage
Diana Baumrind
scaffolding
Lev Vygotsky
18. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
normative approach
basic emotions
superego
vision
19. 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
prosocial behavior
animistic reasoning
accommodation
CNS and heart
20. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
reaction range theory of intelligence
characteristics of autism
semantics
Robert Selman
21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
Albert Bandura
mental operations
5 psychosexual stages
neglect
22. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
Albert Bandura
maternal smoking
Harry Harlow
functional play
23. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
bulimia
metacognition
Uri Bronfenbrenner
triarchic theory of intelligence
24. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
semantics
triarchic theory of intelligence
metacognition
25. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
chorionic villus sampling
habituation method
Lewis Terman
Robert Sternberg
26. 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).
exosystem
pragmatics
semantics
scaffolding
27. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
first spoken word
basic emotions
Diana Baumrind
triarchic theory of intelligence
28. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
presbyopia
Howard Gardner
zone of proximal development
exosystem
29. Term for practical intelligence
maternal smoking
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
ethology
street smarts
30. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
maternal smoking
proximodistal development
sandwich generation
pragmatics
31. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
mental operations
zone of proximal development
proximodistal development
amniocentesis
32. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
overregularization
CNS and heart
characteristics of autism
Lawrence Kohlberg
33. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
embryo
Harry Harlow
superego
sensorimotor stage
34. 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.
neglect
fast mapping
amniocentesis
scripts
35. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
superego
Locke
habituation method
intermodal perception
36. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
prosocial behavior
Robert Sternberg
5 psychosexual stages
bulimia
37. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
Rousseau
scaffolding
instrumental aggression
Lewis Terman
38. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
scripts
mean length of utterance
overregularization
39. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
Noam Chomsky
reaction range theory of intelligence
semantics
self-concept differentiation
40. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
assimilation
first spoken word
identity moratorium
sensitive period
41. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
semantics
Moro reflex
identity moratorium
sandwich generation
42. 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.
Howard Gardner
concrete operations stage
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Albert Bandura
43. 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
identity moratorium
Howard Gardner
pragmatics
zone of proximal development
44. 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.
Moro reflex
semantics
characteristics of autism
ethology
45. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
maternal smoking
concrete operations stage
zone of proximal development
formal operations stage
46. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
memory
Uri Bronfenbrenner
pragmatics
conscientiousness
47. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
sandwich generation
animistic reasoning
fast mapping
Howard Gardner
48. Those with this disease are often normal weight
mental operations
chorionic villus sampling
characteristics of autism
bulimia
49. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
Locke
12 and 30
chorionic villus sampling
self-concept differentiation
50. 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.
functional play
Susan Carey
preoperation stage
triarchic theory of intelligence