CLEP Human Growth and Development: FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | NEWEST UPDATE
2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | 100% PASS ASSURED.
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
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
According to some researchers, what is the most likely reason that the age of menarche has been
decreasing from past decades?
An increase in young women's' consumption of nutrients and fatty foods
An increase in physical activity at earlier ages among young women
A.
B.
, C.
D.
E.
An increase in the tendency for young women to interact with the opposite sex
A decrease in the quality of health care for young women
A decrease in exposure to environmental estrogens contained in such things as certain plastics and
pesticides - ANSWER>> A
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
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
A cognitive-developmental-stage theorist like Jean Piaget would expect which of the following to be
true?
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.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | NEWEST UPDATE
2026/2027 | GRADED A+ | 100% PASS ASSURED.
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
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
According to some researchers, what is the most likely reason that the age of menarche has been
decreasing from past decades?
An increase in young women's' consumption of nutrients and fatty foods
An increase in physical activity at earlier ages among young women
A.
B.
, C.
D.
E.
An increase in the tendency for young women to interact with the opposite sex
A decrease in the quality of health care for young women
A decrease in exposure to environmental estrogens contained in such things as certain plastics and
pesticides - ANSWER>> A
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
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
A cognitive-developmental-stage theorist like Jean Piaget would expect which of the following to be
true?
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.
