CLEP HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM WITH Q&A NEWLY MODIFIED TESTED
AND APPROVED!!!
According to some researchers, what is the most likely reason that the age of menarche has
been decreasing from past decades?
A. An increase in young women's' consumption of nutrients and fatty foods
B. An increase in physical activity at earlier ages among young women
C. An increase in the tendency for young women to interact with the opposite sex
D. A decrease in the quality of health care for young women
E. A decrease in exposure to environmental estrogens contained in such things as certain
plastics and pesticides -- ANSWER--A
Which of the following research methods would most likely be used when examining the
behavior of a group of children on the playground?
A. Case study
B. Archival
C. Observational
D. Cross-sectional
E. Experimental -- ANSWER--C
A behaviorist who is studying the link between parenting style and childhood aggression
would be most likely to focus on:
A. how parents punish their children's aggressive behavior
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,B. how parents in different communities interpret their children's aggressive behavior
C. what parents believe about their children's aggressive behavior
D. the point at which parents seek professional advice about their children's aggressive
behavior
E. whether or not parents emotionally reject aggressive children -- ANSWER--A
John tends to be hardworking, ambitious and persevering. He rates high on which of the
following Big Five personality dimensions?
A. Agreeableness
B. Neuroticism
C. Extraversion
D. Openness
E. Conscientiousness -- ANSWER--E
A community decides to improve its health-care system by creating hospices that provide
support to families with terminally ill family members. This type of hospice program is an
example of:
A. a home health aid program
B. palliative care
C. euthanasia
D. an advance directive
E. a life review -- ANSWER--B
A cognitive-developmental-stage theorist like Jean Piaget would expect which of the
following to be true?
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,A. Children perform at a higher stage level when novel tasks and materials are used.
B. Children often skip one stage of development when their IQs fall in the gifted range.
C. Children in different cultures go through the same stages in the same order.
D. Children move from one stage to the next stage more quickly in response to intense
training.
E. Children move through the stages more quickly when they are rewarded for
successful problem solving. -- ANSWER--C
Fifteen-year-old Tabatha sees someone steal something from a convenience store. She
decides to tell the clerk because she knows that it is important to uphold the laws of society in
order to help maintain social order. According to Lawrence Kohlberg's theory, Tabatha is at a
level of moral reasoning known as:
A. conventional
B. preconventional
C. postconventional
D. formal operational
E. preoperational -- ANSWER--A
Research suggests that which of the following types of intelligence may increase throughout
the life span? A. Fluid
B. Performance
C. Mathematical
D. Crystallized
E. Spatial -- ANSWER--D
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, Timothy is an 8-year-old who gets into a lot of fights at school, does not do well
academically, frequently breaks rules and is self-centered. If Timothy's behavior stems from a
particular parenting style, his parents' style of parenting is most likely to be:
A. authoritative
B. permissive
C. authoritarian
D. neglectful
E. autonomous -- ANSWER--B
Charles is a businessman who made a great deal of money over the past 20 years. Throughout
his life he has always been self-absorbed and competitive in his business dealings and in
social settings. He is now 48 years old and has no spouse or children. Charles has decided to
start a charitable foundation for the benefit of needy children. Charles is most likely in Erik
Erikson's stage of:
A. industry versus inferiority
B. generativity versus stagnation
C. initiative versus guilt
D. trust versus mistrust
E. autonomy versus shame and doubt -- ANSWER--B
What is the name for the tendency of an infant to reach with his or her mouth when touched
there?
A: sucking reflex
B: rooting reflex
C: grasping reflex
D: startling reflex
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EXAM WITH Q&A NEWLY MODIFIED TESTED
AND APPROVED!!!
According to some researchers, what is the most likely reason that the age of menarche has
been decreasing from past decades?
A. An increase in young women's' consumption of nutrients and fatty foods
B. An increase in physical activity at earlier ages among young women
C. An increase in the tendency for young women to interact with the opposite sex
D. A decrease in the quality of health care for young women
E. A decrease in exposure to environmental estrogens contained in such things as certain
plastics and pesticides -- ANSWER--A
Which of the following research methods would most likely be used when examining the
behavior of a group of children on the playground?
A. Case study
B. Archival
C. Observational
D. Cross-sectional
E. Experimental -- ANSWER--C
A behaviorist who is studying the link between parenting style and childhood aggression
would be most likely to focus on:
A. how parents punish their children's aggressive behavior
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,B. how parents in different communities interpret their children's aggressive behavior
C. what parents believe about their children's aggressive behavior
D. the point at which parents seek professional advice about their children's aggressive
behavior
E. whether or not parents emotionally reject aggressive children -- ANSWER--A
John tends to be hardworking, ambitious and persevering. He rates high on which of the
following Big Five personality dimensions?
A. Agreeableness
B. Neuroticism
C. Extraversion
D. Openness
E. Conscientiousness -- ANSWER--E
A community decides to improve its health-care system by creating hospices that provide
support to families with terminally ill family members. This type of hospice program is an
example of:
A. a home health aid program
B. palliative care
C. euthanasia
D. an advance directive
E. a life review -- ANSWER--B
A cognitive-developmental-stage theorist like Jean Piaget would expect which of the
following to be true?
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,A. Children perform at a higher stage level when novel tasks and materials are used.
B. Children often skip one stage of development when their IQs fall in the gifted range.
C. Children in different cultures go through the same stages in the same order.
D. Children move from one stage to the next stage more quickly in response to intense
training.
E. Children move through the stages more quickly when they are rewarded for
successful problem solving. -- ANSWER--C
Fifteen-year-old Tabatha sees someone steal something from a convenience store. She
decides to tell the clerk because she knows that it is important to uphold the laws of society in
order to help maintain social order. According to Lawrence Kohlberg's theory, Tabatha is at a
level of moral reasoning known as:
A. conventional
B. preconventional
C. postconventional
D. formal operational
E. preoperational -- ANSWER--A
Research suggests that which of the following types of intelligence may increase throughout
the life span? A. Fluid
B. Performance
C. Mathematical
D. Crystallized
E. Spatial -- ANSWER--D
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, Timothy is an 8-year-old who gets into a lot of fights at school, does not do well
academically, frequently breaks rules and is self-centered. If Timothy's behavior stems from a
particular parenting style, his parents' style of parenting is most likely to be:
A. authoritative
B. permissive
C. authoritarian
D. neglectful
E. autonomous -- ANSWER--B
Charles is a businessman who made a great deal of money over the past 20 years. Throughout
his life he has always been self-absorbed and competitive in his business dealings and in
social settings. He is now 48 years old and has no spouse or children. Charles has decided to
start a charitable foundation for the benefit of needy children. Charles is most likely in Erik
Erikson's stage of:
A. industry versus inferiority
B. generativity versus stagnation
C. initiative versus guilt
D. trust versus mistrust
E. autonomy versus shame and doubt -- ANSWER--B
What is the name for the tendency of an infant to reach with his or her mouth when touched
there?
A: sucking reflex
B: rooting reflex
C: grasping reflex
D: startling reflex
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