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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
normative approach
instinctive drift
assimilation
CNS and heart
2. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
maternal smoking
assimilation
intermodal perception
functional play
3. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
basic emotions
scripts
overregularization
Uri Bronfenbrenner
4. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
semantics
functional play
neglect
Rousseau
5. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
animistic reasoning
prosocial behavior
CNS and heart
proximodistal development
6. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
Lev Vygotsky
5 psychosexual stages
pragmatics
normative approach
7. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
preoperation stage
functional play
characteristics of autism
basic emotions
8. 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
proximodistal development
Lev Vygotsky
12 and 30
zone of proximal development
9. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
Lawrence Kohlberg
self-concept differentiation
semantics
Rousseau
10. 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.
Lewis Terman
Robert Sternberg
Diana Baumrind
zone of proximal development
11. 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
John Bowlby
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
superego
prosocial behavior
12. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
intermodal perception
presbyopia
affiliation motive
Diana Baumrind
13. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
social deprivation
preoperation stage
first spoken word
Uri Bronfenbrenner
14. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
Harry Harlow
affiliation motive
Lewis Terman
amniocentesis
15. 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
reaction range theory of intelligence
Harry Harlow
Lawrence Kohlberg
normative approach
16. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
affiliation motive
CNS and heart
Harry Harlow
John Bowlby
17. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
assimilation
superego
sensorimotor stage
pragmatics
18. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
vision
embryo
Albert Bandura
habituation method
19. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
reaction range theory of intelligence
relational aggression
exosystem
self-concept differentiation
20. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
sensorimotor stage
accommodation
semantics
mental operations
21. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
Albert Bandura
instinctive drift
mean length of utterance
metacognition
22. 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.
reaction range theory of intelligence
metacognition
Lewis Terman
preoperation stage
23. 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.
chorionic villus sampling
Harry Harlow
Albert Bandura
fast mapping
24. 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
sensitive period
pragmatics
prosocial behavior
chorionic villus sampling
25. Term for practical intelligence
Diana Baumrind
basic emotions
street smarts
Moro reflex
26. 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
Robert Selman
learning set
Lev Vygotsky
27. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
characteristics of autism
social deprivation
memory
scaffolding
28. When more categories are added to one's self-description
self-concept differentiation
triarchic theory of intelligence
Noam Chomsky
pragmatics
29. 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.
amniocentesis
bulimia
John Bowlby
metacognition
30. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
reaction range theory of intelligence
embryo
Uri Bronfenbrenner
metacognition
31. 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.
bulimia
Uri Bronfenbrenner
5 psychosexual stages
Moro reflex
32. 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
12 and 30
ethology
social deprivation
normative approach
33. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
5 psychosexual stages
Noam Chomsky
maternal smoking
Moro reflex
34. 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
Howard Gardner
Susan Carey
animistic reasoning
intermodal perception
35. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
instrumental aggression
identity moratorium
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
social deprivation
36. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
sandwich generation
memory
embryo
5 psychosexual stages
37. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
basic emotions
Howard Gardner
Noam Chomsky
38. 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
embryo
fast mapping
39. Those with this disease are often normal weight
triarchic theory of intelligence
bulimia
relational aggression
Harry Harlow
40. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
superego
Locke
chorionic villus sampling
Moro reflex
41. 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
first spoken word
scripts
affiliation motive
CNS and heart
42. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
intermodal perception
social deprivation
scaffolding
affiliation motive
43. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
neglect
ethology
reaction range theory of intelligence
relational aggression
44. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
5 psychosexual stages
sensitive period
neglect
Harry Harlow
45. Father of attachment theory
John Bowlby
relational aggression
sandwich generation
sensorimotor stage
46. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Locke
CNS and heart
proximodistal development
47. 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
12 and 30
5 psychosexual stages
neglect
normative approach
48. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
presbyopia
semantics
metacognition
normative approach
49. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
Lawrence Kohlberg
semantics
street smarts
chorionic villus sampling
50. The average number of MORPHEMES
normative approach
zone of proximal development
accommodation
mean length of utterance