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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. Child has smaller-than normal brain leading to other disabilities
ethology
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
triarchic theory of intelligence
vision
2. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
sensorimotor stage
first spoken word
ethology
CNS and heart
3. 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
Noam Chomsky
concrete operations stage
Howard Gardner
prosocial behavior
4. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
prosocial behavior
5 psychosexual stages
mean length of utterance
Noam Chomsky
5. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
Lawrence Kohlberg
ethology
embryo
metacognition
6. 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.
instinctive drift
zone of proximal development
Lewis Terman
fast mapping
7. Sense that is least well-developed at birth
functional play
animistic reasoning
vision
metacognition
8. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
sensorimotor stage
characteristics of autism
first spoken word
reaction range theory of intelligence
9. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
memory
Susan Carey
reaction range theory of intelligence
instrumental aggression
10. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
Uri Bronfenbrenner
semantics
bulimia
scripts
11. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
Lev Vygotsky
animistic reasoning
triarchic theory of intelligence
normative approach
12. 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.
metacognition
Howard Gardner
Susan Carey
presbyopia
13. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
exosystem
relational aggression
Moro reflex
14. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
fast mapping
John Bowlby
Diana Baumrind
pragmatics
15. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
conscientiousness
Diana Baumrind
preoperation stage
16. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
mean length of utterance
ethology
Lawrence Kohlberg
maternal smoking
17. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
assimilation
sensitive period
chorionic villus sampling
habituation method
18. 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.
triarchic theory of intelligence
exosystem
amniocentesis
prosocial behavior
19. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
semantics
Harry Harlow
identity moratorium
20. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
Rousseau
Noam Chomsky
chorionic villus sampling
learning set
21. 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
mean length of utterance
normative approach
animistic reasoning
22. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
reaction range theory of intelligence
presbyopia
Lawrence Kohlberg
Rousseau
23. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
animistic reasoning
presbyopia
pragmatics
Rousseau
24. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
maternal smoking
social deprivation
concrete operations stage
reaction range theory of intelligence
25. 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
Rousseau
accommodation
Howard Gardner
26. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
neglect
affiliation motive
5 psychosexual stages
Diana Baumrind
27. 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
mean length of utterance
Moro reflex
Lev Vygotsky
concrete operations stage
28. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
presbyopia
sensorimotor stage
mean length of utterance
instinctive drift
29. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
instinctive drift
street smarts
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
30. Father of attachment theory
Moro reflex
proximodistal development
ethology
John Bowlby
31. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
sensitive period
imitation
sandwich generation
32. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
amniocentesis
Howard Gardner
embryo
animistic reasoning
33. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
memory
instrumental aggression
John Bowlby
mental operations
34. Term for practical intelligence
characteristics of autism
street smarts
functional play
bulimia
35. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
bulimia
animistic reasoning
scaffolding
reaction range theory of intelligence
36. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
identity moratorium
Lewis Terman
street smarts
intermodal perception
37. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
assimilation
proximodistal development
Noam Chomsky
triarchic theory of intelligence
38. 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
Robert Sternberg
Lawrence Kohlberg
CNS and heart
39. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
preoperation stage
overregularization
fast mapping
Moro reflex
40. We don't inherit a specific IQ; rather we have a range of academic potential
zone of proximal development
first spoken word
sensitive period
reaction range theory of intelligence
41. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
Robert Sternberg
characteristics of autism
Harry Harlow
CNS and heart
42. 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
imitation
memory
scaffolding
Albert Bandura
43. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
first spoken word
John Bowlby
mean length of utterance
pragmatics
44. Suggested children are born into world with empty minds - environment shapes them
chorionic villus sampling
maternal smoking
Locke
accommodation
45. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
sensorimotor stage
basic emotions
Locke
memory
46. When more categories are added to one's self-description
neglect
self-concept differentiation
first spoken word
12 and 30
47. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
pragmatics
metacognition
Lewis Terman
conscientiousness
48. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
affiliation motive
bulimia
functional play
Lewis Terman
49. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
accommodation
prosocial behavior
social deprivation
scaffolding
50. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
imitation
embryo
presbyopia
accommodation