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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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
instrumental aggression
Lewis Terman
bulimia
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.
zone of proximal development
instrumental aggression
Harry Harlow
Lewis Terman
3. The average number of MORPHEMES
mean length of utterance
basic emotions
Lewis Terman
fast mapping
4. 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
formal operations stage
memory
John Bowlby
scripts
5. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
amniocentesis
first spoken word
characteristics of autism
concrete operations stage
6. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
intermodal perception
accommodation
imitation
Lawrence Kohlberg
7. 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
formal operations stage
Howard Gardner
Robert Selman
superego
8. The basis for most human learning
scripts
imitation
embryo
animistic reasoning
9. 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
amniocentesis
identity moratorium
exosystem
accommodation
10. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
CNS and heart
Robert Selman
5 psychosexual stages
reaction range theory of intelligence
11. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
Uri Bronfenbrenner
social deprivation
Harry Harlow
habituation method
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
functional play
metacognition
ethology
proximodistal development
13. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
conscientiousness
exosystem
Albert Bandura
basic emotions
14. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
preoperation stage
instrumental aggression
first spoken word
triarchic theory of intelligence
15. 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
Susan Carey
12 and 30
affiliation motive
Rousseau
16. 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.
Robert Selman
street smarts
Lewis Terman
preoperation stage
17. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
presbyopia
assimilation
5 psychosexual stages
embryo
18. 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
mean length of utterance
CNS and heart
presbyopia
19. 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.
street smarts
triarchic theory of intelligence
Susan Carey
bulimia
20. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Albert Bandura
learning set
bulimia
first spoken word
21. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
pragmatics
neglect
concrete operations stage
Moro reflex
22. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
memory
12 and 30
metacognition
CNS and heart
23. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
characteristics of autism
embryo
amniocentesis
self-concept differentiation
24. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Susan Carey
self-concept differentiation
instinctive drift
ethology
25. 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.
CNS and heart
Albert Bandura
zone of proximal development
triarchic theory of intelligence
26. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
reaction range theory of intelligence
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lev Vygotsky
mental operations
27. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
ethology
characteristics of autism
Howard Gardner
superego
28. 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
zone of proximal development
first spoken word
normative approach
concrete operations stage
29. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
Noam Chomsky
concrete operations stage
30. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
intermodal perception
Locke
12 and 30
street smarts
31. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Lewis Terman
scaffolding
metacognition
John Bowlby
32. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
instrumental aggression
Uri Bronfenbrenner
amniocentesis
vision
33. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
self-concept differentiation
CNS and heart
affiliation motive
chorionic villus sampling
34. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
12 and 30
imitation
semantics
CNS and heart
35. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
assimilation
intermodal perception
Robert Selman
habituation method
36. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
neglect
concrete operations stage
Robert Selman
12 and 30
37. 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
5 psychosexual stages
concrete operations stage
Howard Gardner
38. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
prosocial behavior
John Bowlby
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Lewis Terman
39. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
sensitive period
social deprivation
conscientiousness
12 and 30
40. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
chorionic villus sampling
functional play
accommodation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
41. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
first spoken word
presbyopia
prosocial behavior
Lewis Terman
42. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
CNS and heart
accommodation
metacognition
43. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
fast mapping
assimilation
mean length of utterance
44. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
pragmatics
preoperation stage
exosystem
sensorimotor stage
45. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
conscientiousness
prosocial behavior
memory
Susan Carey
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.
Lev Vygotsky
Moro reflex
ethology
Albert Bandura
47. 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
superego
identity moratorium
mean length of utterance
Locke
48. Father of attachment theory
John Bowlby
Howard Gardner
pragmatics
functional play
49. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
chorionic villus sampling
Lewis Terman
superego
Rousseau
50. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
embryo
fast mapping
affiliation motive
scaffolding
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