Human Growth and Development
Clep Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
The first negative emotion clearly exhibited during infancy is:
A) fear
B) shame
C) guilt
D) distress
E) jealousy - ANSWER✔✔-D) distress
According to behavioral psychologists, which of the following treatments is most likely
to extinguish disruptive behavior in preschool children?
A) Threatening to isolate them immediately after such behavior.
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,B) Ignoring them so that they do not receive the reinforcement they are seeking.
C) Punishing them immediately so they understand what they did wrong.
D) Discouraging them but not punishing them.
E) Reasoning with them and explaining that their behavior is wrong. - ANSWER✔✔-B)
Ignoring them so that they do not receive the reinforcement they are seeking.
The length of time that it takes to toilet train a child depends mostly on which of the
following?
A) Presence or absence of older siblings.
B) Severity of the training practices the caregivers use.
C) Verbal ability of the caregivers.
D) The child's feeding regimen in infancy.
E) Age at which the child begins toilet training. - ANSWER✔✔-E) Age at which the
child begins toilet training.
A defining characteristic of children with autism is
A) obsessive attachment to their mother
B) lack of motor coordination
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,C) unresponsiveness to others
D) hyperactivity
E) physical abnormalities - ANSWER✔✔-C) unresponsiveness to others
Anxiety over performance can positively motivate school achievement in children as
long as the degree of anxiety is
A) very high
B) high
C) moderate
D) low
E) very low - ANSWER✔✔-C) moderate
According to Jean Piaget, cognitive development begins with which of the following?
A) Preoperations
B) Concrete operations
C) Intuitive thought
D) Sensorimotor activies
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, E) Formal operations - ANSWER✔✔-D) Sensorimotor activities
Social-class differences in vocabulary development result from social-class differences
in the amount of
A) maternal anxiety
B) verbal stimulation
C) paternal illness
D) sibling rivalry
E) marital discord - ANSWER✔✔-B) verbal stimulation
Studies in which the same people are tested at different ages are called
A) longitudinal
B) cross-sectional
C) normative
D) naturalistic
E) experimental - ANSWER✔✔-A) longitudinal
Which of the following is most central to the concept of sensitive period?
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Clep Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
The first negative emotion clearly exhibited during infancy is:
A) fear
B) shame
C) guilt
D) distress
E) jealousy - ANSWER✔✔-D) distress
According to behavioral psychologists, which of the following treatments is most likely
to extinguish disruptive behavior in preschool children?
A) Threatening to isolate them immediately after such behavior.
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,B) Ignoring them so that they do not receive the reinforcement they are seeking.
C) Punishing them immediately so they understand what they did wrong.
D) Discouraging them but not punishing them.
E) Reasoning with them and explaining that their behavior is wrong. - ANSWER✔✔-B)
Ignoring them so that they do not receive the reinforcement they are seeking.
The length of time that it takes to toilet train a child depends mostly on which of the
following?
A) Presence or absence of older siblings.
B) Severity of the training practices the caregivers use.
C) Verbal ability of the caregivers.
D) The child's feeding regimen in infancy.
E) Age at which the child begins toilet training. - ANSWER✔✔-E) Age at which the
child begins toilet training.
A defining characteristic of children with autism is
A) obsessive attachment to their mother
B) lack of motor coordination
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,C) unresponsiveness to others
D) hyperactivity
E) physical abnormalities - ANSWER✔✔-C) unresponsiveness to others
Anxiety over performance can positively motivate school achievement in children as
long as the degree of anxiety is
A) very high
B) high
C) moderate
D) low
E) very low - ANSWER✔✔-C) moderate
According to Jean Piaget, cognitive development begins with which of the following?
A) Preoperations
B) Concrete operations
C) Intuitive thought
D) Sensorimotor activies
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, E) Formal operations - ANSWER✔✔-D) Sensorimotor activities
Social-class differences in vocabulary development result from social-class differences
in the amount of
A) maternal anxiety
B) verbal stimulation
C) paternal illness
D) sibling rivalry
E) marital discord - ANSWER✔✔-B) verbal stimulation
Studies in which the same people are tested at different ages are called
A) longitudinal
B) cross-sectional
C) normative
D) naturalistic
E) experimental - ANSWER✔✔-A) longitudinal
Which of the following is most central to the concept of sensitive period?
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