Human Growth and Development
Clep Test 2025 Questions and Answers
Abraham Maslow - ANSWER✔✔-Created Maslow's Heirarchy of Need.
- Needs at the bottom must be filled before needs at the
top become a source of motivation.
Associated with the humanism movement in psychology.
Stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in
people, as opposed to treating them as a "bag of
symptoms."
Combined his concerns for the person with Hull's drive
reduction theory, proposing that human nature does have
needs, some of which are not physiological.
Albert Bandura - ANSWER✔✔-Social cognitive theorist.
Developed the concept of "Social Learning Thoery," which:
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,- Asserted that learning takes place through the observation
and imitation of models.
- Emphasized the social origins of thoughts and actions and
the human capacity for self-regulation.
-- People observe both the actions of other and the
consequences of those actions.
-- Based on those observations people form and apply
rules of behavior for themselves.
- Emphasize the importance of self-direction and motivation
in the learning environment.
Alfred Binet - ANSWER✔✔-French psychologist known for his research and innovation
in
testing human intelligence.
Invented the first usable IQ test, the Binet-Simon Scale, in
collaboration with Theodore Simon.
-The scale refers to the intellectual level at which the child is
currently functioning
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, -Shows "Mental Age" as opposed to the chronological age
B.F. Skinner - ANSWER✔✔-Coined the term "operant," which refers to behavior that an
organism may use to operate on its environment.
Invented the operant conditioning chamber.
Maintained that people are likely to repeat behavior that results
in positive consequences.
Diana Baumrind - ANSWER✔✔-Defined the Three Disciplinary Styles of Parenting:
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative
- Permissive
Erik Erikson - ANSWER✔✔-Studied under Sigmund Freud for numerous years.
Expanded upon Freud's psychoanalytic ideas and, like Freud,
defined the stages of human development.
Suggested that development proceeds in a healthy fashion as
developmental crises are confronted and resolved.
Believed the primary task of adolescence is to develop an
identity.
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Clep Test 2025 Questions and Answers
Abraham Maslow - ANSWER✔✔-Created Maslow's Heirarchy of Need.
- Needs at the bottom must be filled before needs at the
top become a source of motivation.
Associated with the humanism movement in psychology.
Stressed the importance of focusing on the positive qualities in
people, as opposed to treating them as a "bag of
symptoms."
Combined his concerns for the person with Hull's drive
reduction theory, proposing that human nature does have
needs, some of which are not physiological.
Albert Bandura - ANSWER✔✔-Social cognitive theorist.
Developed the concept of "Social Learning Thoery," which:
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,- Asserted that learning takes place through the observation
and imitation of models.
- Emphasized the social origins of thoughts and actions and
the human capacity for self-regulation.
-- People observe both the actions of other and the
consequences of those actions.
-- Based on those observations people form and apply
rules of behavior for themselves.
- Emphasize the importance of self-direction and motivation
in the learning environment.
Alfred Binet - ANSWER✔✔-French psychologist known for his research and innovation
in
testing human intelligence.
Invented the first usable IQ test, the Binet-Simon Scale, in
collaboration with Theodore Simon.
-The scale refers to the intellectual level at which the child is
currently functioning
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, -Shows "Mental Age" as opposed to the chronological age
B.F. Skinner - ANSWER✔✔-Coined the term "operant," which refers to behavior that an
organism may use to operate on its environment.
Invented the operant conditioning chamber.
Maintained that people are likely to repeat behavior that results
in positive consequences.
Diana Baumrind - ANSWER✔✔-Defined the Three Disciplinary Styles of Parenting:
- Authoritarian
- Authoritative
- Permissive
Erik Erikson - ANSWER✔✔-Studied under Sigmund Freud for numerous years.
Expanded upon Freud's psychoanalytic ideas and, like Freud,
defined the stages of human development.
Suggested that development proceeds in a healthy fashion as
developmental crises are confronted and resolved.
Believed the primary task of adolescence is to develop an
identity.
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