Human Growth & Development
EXAM 1-Chapters 1-6
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
1. Based on our first lecture, developmental change takes place in all, but one of the
following: Developmental change takes place in the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial
which includes social/emotional.
2. One process of development is focused on the "how?" Which answer best describes
how we develop? See “HOW” process in the powerpoint lecture.
3. Cognitive development involves changes that occur in mental activity: Cognitive
development involves changes that occur in mental activity and may include changes in
perception, sensation, memory, thought, reasoning, and language.
4. Learning includes both intellectual learning (e.g., learning from family, peers, school)
and psychological behaviors (If I cry, my boyfriend will apologize) TRUE
5. During your assessment, your adult client shares a belief that her roommates "play" a
significant role in her mental health. She further states a belief that her environment is
causing distress and a desire to engage in more substance use. Which theory best
describes your client's narrative of how her environment is impacting her well-being.
Brennhoffer’s Ecological Theory
6. Your client who is a survivor of severe trauma and early childhood abuse believes that
his life is "worthless." Which choice is best for improving your client’s sense of
hopefulness and self-esteem?
7. Your 14-year-old client has parents who are supportive, genuine, and caring. Because of
the minor's resilience and his facilitative parents, it is likely that the client will have
positive outcomes. TRUE
8. Sarah (13 year old) is confident that she is resilient. You may see all but which of the
following characteristics of resiliency?
9. There is one path to development. FALSE: We have many paths to development and
every client will have their own hereditary, genetic, and biopsychosocial narrative.
10. The personal effects of COVID-19, 9/11, and a recession are all examples of the
lifecourse perspective.
, 11. Genes are a long structure of DNA code sequence which determines who you will be
and they make up a person’s heredity. Genes are also all the following EXCEPT for:
Genes with holes in them.
12. According to Piaget, children understand the world with schemes-psychological
structures that organize experience. TRUE
13. Schemes are constant and they do not change. FALSE
14. Piaget divides cognitive development into four stages: sensorimotor period,
preoperational period, the concrete operational period, and the formal operational
period. TRUE
15. Preoperational children typically believe that others see the world- literally and
figuratively exactly as they do. TRUE
16. Egocentrism is a term used to describe children who are able to see the world from
another's outlook. FALSE; are unable to see the world from another’s outlook
17. Which is not an example of a teratogenic drug during prenatal development?
Antihistamine
18. Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may cause low birth weight and reduce motor
control. TRUE
19. Fetal therapy is concerned with treating prenatal problems after birth. FALSE; before
birth
20. The Five Apgar scores that are used to provide a quick assessment of a newborn's ability
for sustaining of life, are Breathing, Heartbeat, and... Skin tone, Muscle tone, and
reflexes.
21. Newborns spend most of each day alternating between four different states (per our
textbook and St. James-Roberts & Plewis, 1996): Alert inactivity, waking activity, crying,
and sleeping
22. Temperament is the consistent style or pattern of an infant's behavior. TRUE
23. Ainsworth and other researchers have discovered four primary types of attachment and
relationships. TRUE
24. There are three different types of insecure attachment; avoidant, resistant, and
disorganized. TRUE
25. Temperament is unstable throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence. FALSE
26. Scaffolding is when a child's teacher gauges the amount of assistance they offer to
match a learner's needs, giving help but not more than is needed. TRUE
27. Private speech is demonstrated when a child is only willing to talk to their parents about
their own behavior when they are alone with their parents. FALSE; private speech is a
child’s comments that are not intended for others but are designed to help regulate
their own behavior.
28. According to Erikson's stages of early psychosocial development, a child from 1 to 3
years of age will experience a crisis of Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt and the blending
of these two elements produces in this child a sense of Hope. FALSE; Will
EXAM 1-Chapters 1-6
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
1. Based on our first lecture, developmental change takes place in all, but one of the
following: Developmental change takes place in the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial
which includes social/emotional.
2. One process of development is focused on the "how?" Which answer best describes
how we develop? See “HOW” process in the powerpoint lecture.
3. Cognitive development involves changes that occur in mental activity: Cognitive
development involves changes that occur in mental activity and may include changes in
perception, sensation, memory, thought, reasoning, and language.
4. Learning includes both intellectual learning (e.g., learning from family, peers, school)
and psychological behaviors (If I cry, my boyfriend will apologize) TRUE
5. During your assessment, your adult client shares a belief that her roommates "play" a
significant role in her mental health. She further states a belief that her environment is
causing distress and a desire to engage in more substance use. Which theory best
describes your client's narrative of how her environment is impacting her well-being.
Brennhoffer’s Ecological Theory
6. Your client who is a survivor of severe trauma and early childhood abuse believes that
his life is "worthless." Which choice is best for improving your client’s sense of
hopefulness and self-esteem?
7. Your 14-year-old client has parents who are supportive, genuine, and caring. Because of
the minor's resilience and his facilitative parents, it is likely that the client will have
positive outcomes. TRUE
8. Sarah (13 year old) is confident that she is resilient. You may see all but which of the
following characteristics of resiliency?
9. There is one path to development. FALSE: We have many paths to development and
every client will have their own hereditary, genetic, and biopsychosocial narrative.
10. The personal effects of COVID-19, 9/11, and a recession are all examples of the
lifecourse perspective.
, 11. Genes are a long structure of DNA code sequence which determines who you will be
and they make up a person’s heredity. Genes are also all the following EXCEPT for:
Genes with holes in them.
12. According to Piaget, children understand the world with schemes-psychological
structures that organize experience. TRUE
13. Schemes are constant and they do not change. FALSE
14. Piaget divides cognitive development into four stages: sensorimotor period,
preoperational period, the concrete operational period, and the formal operational
period. TRUE
15. Preoperational children typically believe that others see the world- literally and
figuratively exactly as they do. TRUE
16. Egocentrism is a term used to describe children who are able to see the world from
another's outlook. FALSE; are unable to see the world from another’s outlook
17. Which is not an example of a teratogenic drug during prenatal development?
Antihistamine
18. Smoking marijuana during pregnancy may cause low birth weight and reduce motor
control. TRUE
19. Fetal therapy is concerned with treating prenatal problems after birth. FALSE; before
birth
20. The Five Apgar scores that are used to provide a quick assessment of a newborn's ability
for sustaining of life, are Breathing, Heartbeat, and... Skin tone, Muscle tone, and
reflexes.
21. Newborns spend most of each day alternating between four different states (per our
textbook and St. James-Roberts & Plewis, 1996): Alert inactivity, waking activity, crying,
and sleeping
22. Temperament is the consistent style or pattern of an infant's behavior. TRUE
23. Ainsworth and other researchers have discovered four primary types of attachment and
relationships. TRUE
24. There are three different types of insecure attachment; avoidant, resistant, and
disorganized. TRUE
25. Temperament is unstable throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence. FALSE
26. Scaffolding is when a child's teacher gauges the amount of assistance they offer to
match a learner's needs, giving help but not more than is needed. TRUE
27. Private speech is demonstrated when a child is only willing to talk to their parents about
their own behavior when they are alone with their parents. FALSE; private speech is a
child’s comments that are not intended for others but are designed to help regulate
their own behavior.
28. According to Erikson's stages of early psychosocial development, a child from 1 to 3
years of age will experience a crisis of Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt and the blending
of these two elements produces in this child a sense of Hope. FALSE; Will
