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CLEP Human Growth And Development
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1. A technique of detecting fetal abnormalities that involves examination of placental tissue extracted from the chorion
chorionic villus sampling
proximodistal development
first spoken word
Harry Harlow
2. Suggested that children are born good - bad experiences lead to negative changes
bulimia
embryo
Rousseau
relational aggression
3. Father of attachment theory
exosystem
Noam Chomsky
John Bowlby
preoperation stage
4. 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.
relational aggression
embryo
amniocentesis
Diana Baumrind
5. The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than one sensory system
intermodal perception
mental operations
characteristics of autism
chorionic villus sampling
6. First of Piaget's. lasts from birth to acquisition of language. cognitive devmt begins and children learn causality - object permanence towards end
preoperation stage
sensorimotor stage
amniocentesis
self-concept differentiation
7. The average number of MORPHEMES
exosystem
normative approach
mean length of utterance
characteristics of autism
8. 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.
mean length of utterance
preoperation stage
12 and 30
embryo
9. Form of indirect aggression - prevalent in girls - involving spreading rumors - gossiping - and nonverbal putdowns for the purpose of social manipulation
relational aggression
Howard Gardner
Noam Chomsky
vision
10. Psychologist to propose the Ecological Systems Theory - views child as developing within a complex system of relationships from microsystem to macrosystem
sandwich generation
Uri Bronfenbrenner
5 psychosexual stages
12 and 30
11. The generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children
overregularization
triarchic theory of intelligence
sandwich generation
John Bowlby
12. Unresponsiveness to others - oc behaviors - anger outburst - social avoidance - regression in behavior/language (4x more prevalent in boys)
overregularization
Harry Harlow
characteristics of autism
assimilation
13. 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
Rousseau
conscientiousness
semantics
14. Infant who appears withdrawn - depressed - and is losing all interest in the world is expressing symptoms of this
Locke
Moro reflex
presbyopia
social deprivation
15. 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
amniocentesis
Diana Baumrind
Howard Gardner
sensorimotor stage
16. When children are most sensitive to the effects of stimuli. different ages for different stimuli.
vision
ethology
Robert Sternberg
sensitive period
17. Vygotsky's idea that learners should be given only just enough help so that they can reach the next level
memory
mental operations
scripts
scaffolding
18. In Piaget's theory these are flexible and reversible
self-concept differentiation
concrete operations stage
mental operations
accommodation
19. This action during pregnancy may be associated with poor academic performance by the child later on
maternal smoking
Lewis Terman
Lev Vygotsky
Susan Carey
20. Devised the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (academic problem-solving - practical - and creative); proposed three components of adult love: intimacy - commitment - and passion
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
Robert Sternberg
identity moratorium
vision
21. Fourth of Piaget's. characterized by the ability to perform hypothetical reasoning and think abstractly.
vision
formal operations stage
overregularization
zone of proximal development
22. Occurs when grammatical rules are incorrectly generalized to irregular cases where they do not apply
overregularization
pragmatics
semantics
sandwich generation
23. Big 5 trait that increases for both sexes over their lifetimes
semantics
conscientiousness
relational aggression
superego
24. The fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure
semantics
self-concept differentiation
fast mapping
chorionic villus sampling
25. When infants display a decrease in interest toward an object
habituation method
vision
Robert Sternberg
Diana Baumrind
26. Term for practical intelligence
chorionic villus sampling
12 and 30
concrete operations stage
street smarts
27. Term coined by animal psychologists Marian Breland Bailey and Keller Breland; tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement
instrumental aggression
Uri Bronfenbrenner
instinctive drift
semantics
28. Psychologist who researched the relationship of body contact and nourishment to attachment - using infant monkeys and artificial mothers
reaction range theory of intelligence
Locke
Howard Gardner
Harry Harlow
29. The basis for most human learning
imitation
Lawrence Kohlberg
embryo
fast mapping
30. Third of Piaget's (7-11). children learn conservation and mathematical transformations.
social deprivation
basic emotions
first spoken word
concrete operations stage
31. 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
sandwich generation
learning set
accommodation
affiliation motive
32. Psychologist who defined 3 styles of parenting: authoritarian - authoritative - permissive.
Diana Baumrind
concrete operations stage
Moro reflex
Albert Bandura
33. Oral - anal (1-3) - phallic (4-6) - latency (6-puberty) - genital
5 psychosexual stages
imitation
Rousseau
affiliation motive
34. Proposed the 5 stages of perspective taking: Egocentrism - Assume one perspective is right - Understands intention - Understands perspective of the larger social group
sensorimotor stage
affiliation motive
overregularization
Robert Selman
35. Ability to become increasingly more effective in solving problems as more problems are solved. term coined by Harry Harlow.
learning set
fetal alcohol syndrom symptom
presbyopia
metacognition
36. When more categories are added to one's self-description
assimilation
memory
imitation
self-concept differentiation
37. Piaget's notion of adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
first spoken word
basic emotions
Lev Vygotsky
accommodation
38. Joy - Anger - Fear - Surprise - Interest - Disgust - Distress - Sadness
basic emotions
Harry Harlow
sandwich generation
self-concept differentiation
39. 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
characteristics of autism
animistic reasoning
assimilation
normative approach
40. 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.
imitation
memory
Susan Carey
affiliation motive
41. Occurs between 11 and 13 months
conscientiousness
presbyopia
first spoken word
instrumental aggression
42. Those with this disease are often normal weight
instrumental aggression
prosocial behavior
overregularization
bulimia
43. Stage of development when organism is most vulnerable to teratogens.
semantics
chorionic villus sampling
functional play
embryo
44. 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
characteristics of autism
zone of proximal development
Lawrence Kohlberg
fast mapping
45. This system and organ are most susceptible to teratogens after conception
CNS and heart
preoperation stage
first spoken word
Lewis Terman
46. Gifted children grow up to be more well-adjusted - more successful - healthier adults
amniocentesis
Lewis Terman
embryo
sensorimotor stage
47. 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).
metacognition
overregularization
habituation method
exosystem
48. Proposed that challenging children with complex words helps them to develop their language more rapidly.
proximodistal development
triarchic theory of intelligence
Noam Chomsky
neglect
49. Piaget's notion of incorporating a novel idea or object into an existing schema or conception
sandwich generation
vision
animistic reasoning
assimilation
50. Sternberg's theory that intelligence consists of analytical intelligence - creative intelligence - and practical intelligence.
triarchic theory of intelligence
5 psychosexual stages
learning set
scripts