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CLEP Human Growth and
Development Actual Exam Questions
and Verified Answers | 100% Correct |
Grade A+
nature vs. nurture controversy - Correct-answer-it is agreed that both
have some influence in development, but some people think it is more
one than the other.
biologically built vs. environment
tabula rasa - Correct-answer-this is what the human mind is at birth
(according to the nurture side of the nature versus nurture
controversy), like a blank slate that experience writes on
Discontinuity or Stage Theories - Correct-answer-Argues that
development progresses through a series of stages. Each stage involves
a specific task. Once the stage is completed the child moves on to the
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next stage. The developing person is changing qualitatively, not
quantitatively.
Continuity Theories - Correct-answer-Suggest that development is best
described as a steady growth process. Developmental change is
described as occurring in small steps or increments. (Skills and behavior
improve but they do not change in a qualitatively.)
Child Development vs. Life Span - Correct-answer-Some theories of
development argue that development is complete at the end of
childhood/adolescence (Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget are examples).
Life Span theories of development argue that growth and change
continue to occur throughout the entire life span (Erick Erickson took a
life span perspective).
universality vs. context specific - Correct-answer-a theory that applies
to all cultures and time periods (such as Piaget proposed for his theory)
Bronfenbrenner is an example of the alternative view which points out
that there are differences in development depending on the
culture/environment (such as in collectivist cultures versus
individualistic cultures)
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Collectivist cultures - Correct-answer-Places greater value on the
common good than individual achievement
Individualistic cultures - Correct-answer-values individual achievements
and the pursuit of individual goals
accommodation - Correct-answer-by Piaget. modifying an existing
scheme
assimilation - Correct-answer-by Piaget. taking new information from
the world and incorporating it into an existing scheme
Scheme - Correct-answer-by Piaget. basic thought about the world,
objects, events
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disequilibrium - Correct-answer-what happens when a child
understands the world in a particular way (their scheme) then sees
something happen that can't fit into that understanding.
constructivism - Correct-answer-Piaget's position that argues that
children construct schema (organized patterns of thought or action)
based on experiences they have actively exploring the environment.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development - Correct-answer-
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations
(each stage represents a qualitatively different way of thinking instead
of just acquiring more information over time)
sensorimotor stage - Correct-answer-0-2 years old. Lacks concept of
object permanence until the end of this stage (understanding that
objects continue to exist even when their presence can't be sensed) &
knows what they can do with their senses.
By the end of this stage they also have symbolic representation (when
one thing stands for another thing) and deferred imitation (imitating a
model's behavior awhile after it was observed). Piaget.
CLEP Human Growth and
Development Actual Exam Questions
and Verified Answers | 100% Correct |
Grade A+
nature vs. nurture controversy - Correct-answer-it is agreed that both
have some influence in development, but some people think it is more
one than the other.
biologically built vs. environment
tabula rasa - Correct-answer-this is what the human mind is at birth
(according to the nurture side of the nature versus nurture
controversy), like a blank slate that experience writes on
Discontinuity or Stage Theories - Correct-answer-Argues that
development progresses through a series of stages. Each stage involves
a specific task. Once the stage is completed the child moves on to the
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next stage. The developing person is changing qualitatively, not
quantitatively.
Continuity Theories - Correct-answer-Suggest that development is best
described as a steady growth process. Developmental change is
described as occurring in small steps or increments. (Skills and behavior
improve but they do not change in a qualitatively.)
Child Development vs. Life Span - Correct-answer-Some theories of
development argue that development is complete at the end of
childhood/adolescence (Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget are examples).
Life Span theories of development argue that growth and change
continue to occur throughout the entire life span (Erick Erickson took a
life span perspective).
universality vs. context specific - Correct-answer-a theory that applies
to all cultures and time periods (such as Piaget proposed for his theory)
Bronfenbrenner is an example of the alternative view which points out
that there are differences in development depending on the
culture/environment (such as in collectivist cultures versus
individualistic cultures)
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Collectivist cultures - Correct-answer-Places greater value on the
common good than individual achievement
Individualistic cultures - Correct-answer-values individual achievements
and the pursuit of individual goals
accommodation - Correct-answer-by Piaget. modifying an existing
scheme
assimilation - Correct-answer-by Piaget. taking new information from
the world and incorporating it into an existing scheme
Scheme - Correct-answer-by Piaget. basic thought about the world,
objects, events
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disequilibrium - Correct-answer-what happens when a child
understands the world in a particular way (their scheme) then sees
something happen that can't fit into that understanding.
constructivism - Correct-answer-Piaget's position that argues that
children construct schema (organized patterns of thought or action)
based on experiences they have actively exploring the environment.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development - Correct-answer-
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations
(each stage represents a qualitatively different way of thinking instead
of just acquiring more information over time)
sensorimotor stage - Correct-answer-0-2 years old. Lacks concept of
object permanence until the end of this stage (understanding that
objects continue to exist even when their presence can't be sensed) &
knows what they can do with their senses.
By the end of this stage they also have symbolic representation (when
one thing stands for another thing) and deferred imitation (imitating a
model's behavior awhile after it was observed). Piaget.
