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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. 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.
preoperation stage
prosocial behavior
Uri Bronfenbrenner
accommodation
2. 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
preoperation stage
Howard Gardner
maternal smoking
3. 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
neglect
Lawrence Kohlberg
first spoken word
normative approach
4. The basis for most human learning
vision
imitation
functional play
Noam Chomsky
5. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
concrete operations stage
memory
Harry Harlow
Robert Selman
6. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
CNS and heart
sandwich generation
amniocentesis
triarchic theory of intelligence
7. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
zone of proximal development
sensorimotor stage
Harry Harlow
memory
8. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
conscientiousness
overregularization
sensitive period
mean length of utterance
9. When more categories are added to one's self-description
superego
presbyopia
self-concept differentiation
imitation
10. 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
exosystem
affiliation motive
maternal smoking
memory
11. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.
memory
Robert Selman
bulimia
metacognition
12. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
sandwich generation
Moro reflex
assimilation
animistic reasoning
13. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
Robert Selman
embryo
affiliation motive
14. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
imitation
bulimia
Susan Carey
mental operations
15. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
12 and 30
intermodal perception
overregularization
memory
16. Characteristic of the thought of a preoperational child. children in this stage tend to project human qualities into inanimate objects
concrete operations stage
preoperation stage
animistic reasoning
sensorimotor stage
17. Loss of elasticity of the lens and thus loss of ability to see close objects as a result of the aging process
presbyopia
mental operations
Moro reflex
John Bowlby
18. 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.
overregularization
vision
Susan Carey
zone of proximal development
19. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
animistic reasoning
Robert Sternberg
exosystem
Diana Baumrind
20. 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.
Locke
mean length of utterance
Albert Bandura
sensorimotor stage
21. According to Piaget - we possess these to create abstract - generalized account of repeated events
scripts
Albert Bandura
Howard Gardner
social deprivation
22. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
bulimia
memory
instrumental aggression
habituation method
23. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
fast mapping
affiliation motive
sensitive period
Uri Bronfenbrenner
24. 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
street smarts
Howard Gardner
Lewis Terman
25. The principle that development proceeds from the center of the body outward
habituation method
accommodation
Rousseau
proximodistal development
26. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
Lewis Terman
overregularization
preoperation stage
27. Autism usually becomes evident between ___ and ___ months
characteristics of autism
relational aggression
12 and 30
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
28. Those with this disease are often normal weight
Albert Bandura
bulimia
scripts
scaffolding
29. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
basic emotions
instrumental aggression
presbyopia
conscientiousness
30. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
triarchic theory of intelligence
social deprivation
exosystem
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
31. 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
5 psychosexual stages
Howard Gardner
identity moratorium
CNS and heart
32. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
embryo
Uri Bronfenbrenner
instinctive drift
proximodistal development
33. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
affiliation motive
conscientiousness
habituation method
characteristics of autism
34. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
Rousseau
neglect
sensorimotor stage
identity moratorium
35. Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value
John Bowlby
proximodistal development
instrumental aggression
assimilation
36. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
concrete operations stage
self-concept differentiation
street smarts
37. The appropriate use of language in different contexts
pragmatics
affiliation motive
Susan Carey
scaffolding
38. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
zone of proximal development
triarchic theory of intelligence
Locke
basic emotions
39. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
Susan Carey
street smarts
Robert Sternberg
scaffolding
40. Play by infants and toddlers. activity that involves simple - repetitive movements and no symbolic thinking required. eg. sand shoveling - splashing water - pushing a toy
reaction range theory of intelligence
CNS and heart
functional play
self-concept differentiation
41. The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes - words - and sentences in a given language; the study of meaning
social deprivation
semantics
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
ethology
42. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
Albert Bandura
Lewis Terman
bulimia
relational aggression
43. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
semantics
Moro reflex
Harry Harlow
preoperation stage
44. Term for practical intelligence
first spoken word
pragmatics
overregularization
street smarts
45. 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
self-concept differentiation
accommodation
superego
normative approach
46. 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
memory
formal operations stage
Howard Gardner
Lawrence Kohlberg
47. This causes more deaths in children than physical abuse
neglect
self-concept differentiation
Harry Harlow
sensitive period
48. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
metacognition
Lewis Terman
formal operations stage
pragmatics
49. 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
normative approach
self-concept differentiation
characteristics of autism
sandwich generation
50. 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
embryo
5 psychosexual stages
Robert Sternberg
ethology