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CLEP Human Growth and Development REA Practice
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Which of the following research methods is most often
used to study rare or unique situations or behavior?
A. Survey
B. Case study
C. Cross-sequential
D. Correlational
E. Psychosocial - Answer-(B)
The case study method of research is designed to collect
a great deal of information about a single person or event.
By its nature then, a case study yields conclusions that are
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difficult to generalize beyond that person or event. There is
typically something very unique or special about the case
that motivates a researcher to study it in such depth.
Which of the following theories describes stages of
development?
A. Collectivist
B. Continuity
C. Discontinuity
D. Nature
E. Nurture - Answer-(C)
The terms "discontinuity theory" and "stage theory" are
used interchangeably in this field. Theories of this type
describe development as qualitative shifts in ability or
behavior that take place through a series of distinct
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stages. Almost all stage theories argue that the stages are
universal and occur in a fixed sequence.
Which of the following is an example of instrumental
aggression?
A. Sara pushes Joy out of the way so she can get a toy
she wants to play with first.
B. Sara tells Emma not to play with Joy because she bites.
C. Sara is mad at her brother, so she hits her doll.
D. Sara yells at Emma because she knocked down her
block tower.
E. Sara can't get the wrapper off a candy bar, so she
throws it across the room. - Answer-(A)
Instrumental aggression is aggression that is used in order
to achieve an end. The child in this question uses
aggression as a means toward the end of getting a toy.
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Instrumental aggression is usually used in battles over
toys and is not personal
According to statistics, which group commits most of the
child abuse in our country?
A. Siblings
B. Day care workers
C. Foster parents
D. Parents
E. Step parents - Answer-(D)
Statistics on child mistreatment indicate that more often,
among the types of offenders listed in this question, the
abuser is the child's parent.
Which theoretical perspective emphasizes nature in the
"nature versus nurture" controversy?
CLEP Human Growth and Development REA Practice
Exam 1 ||Verified Exam!!!|| Most Recent Exam Actual
Complete Real Exam Questions And Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) Already Graded A+ ||Newest
Exam!!!
Which of the following research methods is most often
used to study rare or unique situations or behavior?
A. Survey
B. Case study
C. Cross-sequential
D. Correlational
E. Psychosocial - Answer-(B)
The case study method of research is designed to collect
a great deal of information about a single person or event.
By its nature then, a case study yields conclusions that are
,2|Page
difficult to generalize beyond that person or event. There is
typically something very unique or special about the case
that motivates a researcher to study it in such depth.
Which of the following theories describes stages of
development?
A. Collectivist
B. Continuity
C. Discontinuity
D. Nature
E. Nurture - Answer-(C)
The terms "discontinuity theory" and "stage theory" are
used interchangeably in this field. Theories of this type
describe development as qualitative shifts in ability or
behavior that take place through a series of distinct
,3|Page
stages. Almost all stage theories argue that the stages are
universal and occur in a fixed sequence.
Which of the following is an example of instrumental
aggression?
A. Sara pushes Joy out of the way so she can get a toy
she wants to play with first.
B. Sara tells Emma not to play with Joy because she bites.
C. Sara is mad at her brother, so she hits her doll.
D. Sara yells at Emma because she knocked down her
block tower.
E. Sara can't get the wrapper off a candy bar, so she
throws it across the room. - Answer-(A)
Instrumental aggression is aggression that is used in order
to achieve an end. The child in this question uses
aggression as a means toward the end of getting a toy.
, 4|Page
Instrumental aggression is usually used in battles over
toys and is not personal
According to statistics, which group commits most of the
child abuse in our country?
A. Siblings
B. Day care workers
C. Foster parents
D. Parents
E. Step parents - Answer-(D)
Statistics on child mistreatment indicate that more often,
among the types of offenders listed in this question, the
abuser is the child's parent.
Which theoretical perspective emphasizes nature in the
"nature versus nurture" controversy?
