CLEP Human Growth and Development REA Practice Exam 1 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025
Terms in this set (90)
Which theoretical perspective (D)
emphasizes nature in the "nature
versus nurture" The psychodynamic theory emphasizes nature in the nature versus
controversy? nurture debate more than the other perspectives listed because
of the emphasis on inborn,
A. Behavioral theory biological drives within this perspective.
B. Social learning theory
C. Social-cognitive theory
D. Psychodynamic theory
E. Sociocultural
Which theorist would be most (A)
likely to expect cultural
differences in Vygotsky is the one theorist of the five who argued that culture
development? influences cognitive development. He argued that a child's
cognitive abilities develop as a result of
A. Vygotsky
engaging in tasks with older, more competent adults. He also argued
that language affects thought.
B. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Skinner
E. Bowlby
,To determine whether boys and girls (B)
play differently, a researcher
videotaped Since the researcher is recording behavior in a natural setting, and is
children at play during school not controlling or manipulating any variables, it is a naturalistic
recess. This is an example of a observation.
A. field experiment
B. naturalistic observation
C. cross-sectional study
D. survey
E. clinical
interview
The average child begins to walk (C)
between
Research on physical development shows that on average, children
A. 7 and 8 months
begin to walk on their own between 11 and 12 months of age.
B. 9 and 10 months
C. 11 and 12 months
D. 13 and 14 months
E. 16 and
17 months
According to Piaget, adaptation is (E)
made up of the two processes
called Piaget used the term "adaptation" for the process of a child
adjusting to the environment. The two complementary processes
A. equilibration and accommodation involved in adaptation are accommodation, when a child
constructs a new scheme that organizes a new
B. accommodation and fixation experience, and assimilation, when a child applies an already existing scheme to
understand a new experience. Piaget argued that accommodation
C. equilibration and assimilation occurs when an attempt to assimilate new information fails.
D. operation and conservation
E. accommodation and assimilation
,The fact that parents will provide less (D)
direction to a child who begins to
show Vygotsky used the term "guided participation" or "scaffolding"
competence on a task, supports to describe the cognitive support that older adults, like
the theory of teachers or parents, provide to children when they engage in a
task. Adults will adjust the amount of direction and support they
A. Bronfenbrenner
provide as the child shows greater mastery over the task at hand.
B. Freud
C. Piaget
D. Vygotsky
E. Bandura
According to the information- (A)
processing approach, children's
memories improve with age The information-processing approach argues children's memory
mainly because improves because children get better at organizing to-be-learned
information. The better a child can organize new information, the
A. they get better at organizing better that information is encoded for storage in
information memory and later retrieval.
B. they develop additional memory
storage systems
C. their perceptual abilities improve
D. they are more interested in
remembering information
E. parents expect older
children to remember
information better
, Jane digs a hole in the sandbox (E)
while Jim, who is sitting next to
her, fills his bucket with sand. They The children are engaged in associative play because even though
share the shovels in the sandbox they are talking to each other while playing and sharing tools, they
and talk about school. They are are not sharing the same purpose or goal.
engaged in
A. cooperative play
B. parallel play
C. mature play
D. nonsocial play
E. associative play
WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025
Terms in this set (90)
Which theoretical perspective (D)
emphasizes nature in the "nature
versus nurture" The psychodynamic theory emphasizes nature in the nature versus
controversy? nurture debate more than the other perspectives listed because
of the emphasis on inborn,
A. Behavioral theory biological drives within this perspective.
B. Social learning theory
C. Social-cognitive theory
D. Psychodynamic theory
E. Sociocultural
Which theorist would be most (A)
likely to expect cultural
differences in Vygotsky is the one theorist of the five who argued that culture
development? influences cognitive development. He argued that a child's
cognitive abilities develop as a result of
A. Vygotsky
engaging in tasks with older, more competent adults. He also argued
that language affects thought.
B. Piaget
C. Freud
D. Skinner
E. Bowlby
,To determine whether boys and girls (B)
play differently, a researcher
videotaped Since the researcher is recording behavior in a natural setting, and is
children at play during school not controlling or manipulating any variables, it is a naturalistic
recess. This is an example of a observation.
A. field experiment
B. naturalistic observation
C. cross-sectional study
D. survey
E. clinical
interview
The average child begins to walk (C)
between
Research on physical development shows that on average, children
A. 7 and 8 months
begin to walk on their own between 11 and 12 months of age.
B. 9 and 10 months
C. 11 and 12 months
D. 13 and 14 months
E. 16 and
17 months
According to Piaget, adaptation is (E)
made up of the two processes
called Piaget used the term "adaptation" for the process of a child
adjusting to the environment. The two complementary processes
A. equilibration and accommodation involved in adaptation are accommodation, when a child
constructs a new scheme that organizes a new
B. accommodation and fixation experience, and assimilation, when a child applies an already existing scheme to
understand a new experience. Piaget argued that accommodation
C. equilibration and assimilation occurs when an attempt to assimilate new information fails.
D. operation and conservation
E. accommodation and assimilation
,The fact that parents will provide less (D)
direction to a child who begins to
show Vygotsky used the term "guided participation" or "scaffolding"
competence on a task, supports to describe the cognitive support that older adults, like
the theory of teachers or parents, provide to children when they engage in a
task. Adults will adjust the amount of direction and support they
A. Bronfenbrenner
provide as the child shows greater mastery over the task at hand.
B. Freud
C. Piaget
D. Vygotsky
E. Bandura
According to the information- (A)
processing approach, children's
memories improve with age The information-processing approach argues children's memory
mainly because improves because children get better at organizing to-be-learned
information. The better a child can organize new information, the
A. they get better at organizing better that information is encoded for storage in
information memory and later retrieval.
B. they develop additional memory
storage systems
C. their perceptual abilities improve
D. they are more interested in
remembering information
E. parents expect older
children to remember
information better
, Jane digs a hole in the sandbox (E)
while Jim, who is sitting next to
her, fills his bucket with sand. They The children are engaged in associative play because even though
share the shovels in the sandbox they are talking to each other while playing and sharing tools, they
and talk about school. They are are not sharing the same purpose or goal.
engaged in
A. cooperative play
B. parallel play
C. mature play
D. nonsocial play
E. associative play
