WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FINAL EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND STUDY GUIDES LATEST COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

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1. According to your textbook, the very first comprehensive life-
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spanview ofhuman development was forwarded by
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a) Sigmund Freud u u


b) Erik Erikson.
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c) E.L. Thorndike u


d) Urie Bronfenbrenner - correct answer - b) Erik Erikson
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2. Focusing on how people think and how those thinking processes changeo
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ver time is the central feature of the
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a) earning
b) constructivist
c) cognitive-developmental
d) ecological and systems - correct answer - c) cognitive development
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3. If you are studying flirting behavior in college students by sitting quietlyat
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uthe college snack bar and watching students as they interact with each
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other, all the while pretending to read a newspaper, you are engaging in
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a form of naturalistic observation.
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a) True
b) False - correct answer - True u u u u u

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4. In an experiment, the dependent variable is the behavior that is being
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a) manipulated.
b) controlled.
c) correlated.
d) observed. - correct answer - d) observed u u u u u u




5. Marjorie believes that her husband, Tom, is an excellent father becauseh
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e was born with a gentle nature and an abundance of patience. Tom, on t
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he other hand, believes that he is a good father because he learnedto be
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one from his own parents. Which fundamental question of human develo
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pment does this issue address?
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a) nature and nurture u u


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c) continuity and discontinuity u u


d) universal and context-specific development - correct answer -
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a)nature and nurture
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6. Neuroscientists base their studies of the brain and nervous systems ex
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clusively on the information gleaned from brain imaging techniques.
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a) True
b) False - correct answer - b) false
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7. Prenatal development, brain maturation, puberty, and menopause are alle
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xamples of forces. u


a) psychological
b) life-
cycle c) biol u u


ogical
d) sociocultural - correct answer - c) biological
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8. Prior to their participation in a research study, individuals sign a(n)
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which educates them about the research and any risks involved.
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a) informed consent u


b) release form u


c) intake assessment u


d) power of attorney - correct answer - a) informed consent
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9. Research has conclusively found that nature has a significantly greater eff
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ect on development than does nurture across nearly all behaviors andcha
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racteristics.
a) True
b) False - correct answer - b) falseu u u u u u




10. Sally steps on her bathroom scale, and it tells her that she weighs 145
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upounds. When she steps on it again after her shower, she gets thesame
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result. In fact, it has told her that her weight is stable at 145 pounds for se
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veral days now. Based on her observations, what can more accurately b
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e said about the measurements provided by Sally's scale?
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a) The measurements lack reliability.
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b) The measurements lack validity.
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c) The measurements are reliable.
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d) The measurements are valid. - correct answer -
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c) Themeasurements are reliable
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11. The concept that personality emerges from conflicts that children ex
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perience when what they want to do differs from what society wantsthe
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m to do is the basis of
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a) Albert Bandura u


b) Jean Piaget u


c) Sigmund Freud u


d) Lev Vygotsky - correct answer - c) Sigmund Freud
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12. The idea that children act like little scientists, constantly creatingt
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heories about the relationships between their physical and social wo
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rlds, is central to the theory of
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a) Jean Piaget. u


b) Lev Vygotsky. u


c) Urie Bronfenbrenner. u


d) Erik Erikson. - correct answer - a) Jean Piaget
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13. The independent variable in an experiment is the condition that iso
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bserved by the researcher, while the dependent variable in an experi
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ment is the condition that is manipulated by the researcher.
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a) True
b) False - correct answer - b) false
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14. The life- u


span perspective in human development maintains the position that mos
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t of our development is complete by the time we finishour adolescent yea
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rs.
a) True
b) False - correct answer - b) False
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