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CLEP Practice Test #7
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/30/2014

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Where in consiousness does id reside?
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unconscious
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Who suggested that we develop in a healthy fashion by confronting and resolving developmental crises in our lives?
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Erik Erikson
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Applications of learning theory to help children overcome behavior disorders or cope with adjustment problems is often referred to as ...
Definition
behavior modification
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Who introduced the concept of reinforcement into behaviorism?
Definition
Skinner
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Social cognitive theorists such as Albert Bandura suggest ...
Definition
children learn much of what they know through observation
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Reciprocal determinism is ...
Definition
the mutual interplay of heredity and genetics to achieve knowledge
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Piaget saw children as ...
Definition
as reactive to the environment
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Dr. Manquero has the hypothesis that ingesting chocolate prior to an exam will improve exam performance. She gives half of her participants' chocolate and the other half gum and then gives them an exam. In the experiment, what is the dependent variable?
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The performance on the exam
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In using an experimental grop and a control group, it should first be considered that...
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the groups should be matched on all variables that may affect their performance
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What is the strongest correlation?
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The closer to + or -1.00, the stronger the correlation.
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Experiments use random assignment in order to ...
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minimize pre-existing differences between the groups
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The developmental problems of children exposed in utero to cocaine can be compounded by...
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parental neglect and rejection
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Thalidomide was a popular drug in the 1960s given to ...
Definition
treat insomnia and nausea
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What is amniocentesis?
Definition
fluid is taken from the 'sac' to detect potential fetal abnormalities
Term
Which stage of motor development comes first?
Definition
rolling
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Research suggests that newborn color vision is poor. Why might this be?
Definition
Because the cones in the retina are not highly developed.
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What is asymmetrical tonic nect reflex (ATNR)?
Definition
the baby, lying on its back, turns its head to one side, extending the arm and leg on the face side of the body and flexing those on the opposite side.
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What is the rooting reflex?
Definition
A baby turns its head and mouth toward a stimulus, such as an index finger, that strokes its cheek.
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The development of walking in the infant is dependent upon ...
Definition
biological maturation
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Can infants assess depth?
Definition
Yes, as per the "visual cliff" experiment
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Accomodation involves .....
Definition
the creation of a new schema
Term
What is a retrieval cue?
Definition
Any trigger that helps us pull something from memory.
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By what age will most children begin using two-word sentences?

 

- 12 months

- 16 months

- 24 months

- 36 months

- 18 months

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24 months
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What is a general nominal?
Definition
A general nominal (noun) refers to a class of objects (i.e., food, clothing, transportation).
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When infants babble, they tend to babble ....
Definition
combinations of consonants and vowels
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