HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 90 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST VERSION
human developmemt - ans -a field of study devoted to understanding constancy
and change throughout the llifespan
theory - ans -an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and
predicts behavior
continuous development - ans -a process of gradually augmenting the same types
of skills that were there to begin with
discontinuous development - ans -a process in which new and different ways of
interpreting and responding to the world emerge at particular time periods
stages - ans -qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that
characterize specifice periods of development
contexts - ans -Unique combinations of personal and environmental
circumstances that can result in different paths of change.
nature-nurture controversy - ans -inborn biological givens vs. complex forces of
the physical and social world that influence our biological makeup and
psychological experiences before and after birth
life expectancy - ans -The average number of years an individual can be expected
to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at
birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
lifespan perspective - ans -(1) development as lifelong (2) development as
multidimensional and multidirectional (3) development as highly plastic (4)
development as embedded in multiple contexts
, social referencing - ans -reading emotional cues in others to help determine how
to act in a particular situation
I-self - ans -awareness that the self is separate from the surrounding world and
can control its own thoughts and actions
me-self - ans -all the qualities that make the self unique
cerebellum - ans -aids in balance and control of body movement
reticular formation - ans -structure of the brain that maintains alertness and
consciousness
corpus callosum - ans -large bundle of fibers that connects two cortical
hemispheres
conservation - ans -the understanding that the physical properties of an object or
substance do not change when appearances change but nothing is added or taken
away ex:they know that a string of beads do not have more than a string where
the beads are not spread out.
centration - ans -centered understanding; focusing on one aspect of a situation,
neglecting other important features
irreversability - ans -an inability to mentally go through a series of steps in a
problem and then reverse direction , returning to the starting point
hierarchial classification - ans -the organization of objects into classes and
subclasses on the basis of similarities and differences
private speech - ans -self-directed speech (once called egocentric speech)
scaffolding - ans -adjusting the support offered during a teaching session to fit the
child's current level of performance
memory strategies - ans -deliberate mental activities that improve our chances of
remembering
EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 90 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+ | LATEST VERSION
human developmemt - ans -a field of study devoted to understanding constancy
and change throughout the llifespan
theory - ans -an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and
predicts behavior
continuous development - ans -a process of gradually augmenting the same types
of skills that were there to begin with
discontinuous development - ans -a process in which new and different ways of
interpreting and responding to the world emerge at particular time periods
stages - ans -qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that
characterize specifice periods of development
contexts - ans -Unique combinations of personal and environmental
circumstances that can result in different paths of change.
nature-nurture controversy - ans -inborn biological givens vs. complex forces of
the physical and social world that influence our biological makeup and
psychological experiences before and after birth
life expectancy - ans -The average number of years an individual can be expected
to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at
birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
lifespan perspective - ans -(1) development as lifelong (2) development as
multidimensional and multidirectional (3) development as highly plastic (4)
development as embedded in multiple contexts
, social referencing - ans -reading emotional cues in others to help determine how
to act in a particular situation
I-self - ans -awareness that the self is separate from the surrounding world and
can control its own thoughts and actions
me-self - ans -all the qualities that make the self unique
cerebellum - ans -aids in balance and control of body movement
reticular formation - ans -structure of the brain that maintains alertness and
consciousness
corpus callosum - ans -large bundle of fibers that connects two cortical
hemispheres
conservation - ans -the understanding that the physical properties of an object or
substance do not change when appearances change but nothing is added or taken
away ex:they know that a string of beads do not have more than a string where
the beads are not spread out.
centration - ans -centered understanding; focusing on one aspect of a situation,
neglecting other important features
irreversability - ans -an inability to mentally go through a series of steps in a
problem and then reverse direction , returning to the starting point
hierarchial classification - ans -the organization of objects into classes and
subclasses on the basis of similarities and differences
private speech - ans -self-directed speech (once called egocentric speech)
scaffolding - ans -adjusting the support offered during a teaching session to fit the
child's current level of performance
memory strategies - ans -deliberate mental activities that improve our chances of
remembering
