Human Growth & Development (HDEV)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER - the modification of existing schemes to permit
the incorporation of new events or knowledge.
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - the interaction between the organism and the
environment, consisting of assimilation and accommodation.
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - the incorporation of new events or knowledge into
existing schemes.
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Watson's view that science must study observable
behavior only and investigate relationships between stimuli and responses.
case study - CORRECT ANSWER - a carefully drawn biography of the life of an
individual.
chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - the environmental changes that occur over time
and have an effect on the child.
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - a simple form of learning in which one
stimulus comes to bring forth the response usually brought forth by a second stimulus by being
paired repeatedly with the second stimulus.
cognitive developmental theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the stage theory that holds that
the child's abilities to mentally represent the world and solve problems unfold as a result of the
interaction of experience and the maturation of neurological structures.
, cohort effect - CORRECT ANSWER - similarities in behavior among a group of peers that
stem from the fact that group members were born at the same time in history
control group - CORRECT ANSWER - a group made up of subjects in an experiment who
do not receive the treatment but for whom all other conditions are comparable to those of
subjects in the experimental group.
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER - a number ranging from +1.00 to -1.00
that expresses the direction (positive or negative) and strength of the relationship between two
variables.
cross-sectional research - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of developmental processes by
taking measures of participants of different age groups at the same time.
cross-sequential research - CORRECT ANSWER - an approach that combines the
longitudinal and cross-sectional methods by following individuals of different ages for
abbreviated periods of time
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER - a measure of an assumed effect of an
independent variable.
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - the discipline that studies the
physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of humans.
ecological systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the view that explains child
development in terms of the reciprocal influences between children and environmental settings
ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the branch of biology that deals with the relationships
between living organisms and their environment.
empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - based on observation and experimentation
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER - the modification of existing schemes to permit
the incorporation of new events or knowledge.
adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER - the interaction between the organism and the
environment, consisting of assimilation and accommodation.
assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER - the incorporation of new events or knowledge into
existing schemes.
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER - Watson's view that science must study observable
behavior only and investigate relationships between stimuli and responses.
case study - CORRECT ANSWER - a carefully drawn biography of the life of an
individual.
chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - the environmental changes that occur over time
and have an effect on the child.
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - a simple form of learning in which one
stimulus comes to bring forth the response usually brought forth by a second stimulus by being
paired repeatedly with the second stimulus.
cognitive developmental theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the stage theory that holds that
the child's abilities to mentally represent the world and solve problems unfold as a result of the
interaction of experience and the maturation of neurological structures.
, cohort effect - CORRECT ANSWER - similarities in behavior among a group of peers that
stem from the fact that group members were born at the same time in history
control group - CORRECT ANSWER - a group made up of subjects in an experiment who
do not receive the treatment but for whom all other conditions are comparable to those of
subjects in the experimental group.
correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER - a number ranging from +1.00 to -1.00
that expresses the direction (positive or negative) and strength of the relationship between two
variables.
cross-sectional research - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of developmental processes by
taking measures of participants of different age groups at the same time.
cross-sequential research - CORRECT ANSWER - an approach that combines the
longitudinal and cross-sectional methods by following individuals of different ages for
abbreviated periods of time
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER - a measure of an assumed effect of an
independent variable.
developmental psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - the discipline that studies the
physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of humans.
ecological systems theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the view that explains child
development in terms of the reciprocal influences between children and environmental settings
ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the branch of biology that deals with the relationships
between living organisms and their environment.
empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - based on observation and experimentation
