D202 Human Growth and Development Final Exam 2024
GRADED A+ WGU CERTIFIED EXAM 100% (200 Questions)
1. Which theory of human development was proposed by Jean Piaget?
Cognitive developmental theory
2. When psychologists speak of life-span development, they are referring to an approach that
emphasizes
the periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline
3. Erikson's stage for children in early childhood is
initiative vs. guilt
4. The upper boundary of the human life span has historically been, and continues to be, __________
years.
122
5. In early childhood, children tend to think of themselves in terms of a(n) __________ self.
physical and active
6. A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if adolescents experience depression
more than middle-aged adults. The researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both
groups.
7. Which research design does this exemplify?
Descriptive research
, 8 Between 2 and 4 years of age, children are learning
the cause and consequences of feelings.
9 During the 20th century, life expectancy increased _________ years.
30
10 __________ is Piaget's first stage of moral development in which rules are conceived of as
unchangeable properties of the world.
Heteronomous morality
11 Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life and are usually not
applicable to many people are called
non-normative life events.
12 __________ is a set of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act, and
feel.
Gender role
13 Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often involves conflicts and competition
among three goals of human development:
growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.
, 14 Which statement best describes the explanation given by the social cognitive theory of gender?
Children learn expected gender behaviors through rewards and punishments, as well as through
observation and imitation of models.
15 Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-nurture issue?
It involves the extent to which heredity and the environment influence development.
16 __________ parenting involves encouraging children to be independent, placing limits and
controls on their actions while allowing verbal exchange.
Authoritative
17 In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below the poverty line.
17.4%
18 __________ play involves the repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned.
Practice
19 The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to
primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
20 The highest incidence of game playing occurs
between ages 10 and 12.
, 21 A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those peers.
22 What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify?
Evocative genotype-environment correlation
23 The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language is the
cognitive process.
24 Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development and aging describe life-span
development in terms of four "ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of age.
60-79
25 A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called
biological age
26 Freud is associated with which theoretical perspective?
psychoanalytic
27 During which period of prenatal development do the connections form between neurons?
Fetal period
GRADED A+ WGU CERTIFIED EXAM 100% (200 Questions)
1. Which theory of human development was proposed by Jean Piaget?
Cognitive developmental theory
2. When psychologists speak of life-span development, they are referring to an approach that
emphasizes
the periods of the human life span involving both growth and decline
3. Erikson's stage for children in early childhood is
initiative vs. guilt
4. The upper boundary of the human life span has historically been, and continues to be, __________
years.
122
5. In early childhood, children tend to think of themselves in terms of a(n) __________ self.
physical and active
6. A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if adolescents experience depression
more than middle-aged adults. The researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both
groups.
7. Which research design does this exemplify?
Descriptive research
, 8 Between 2 and 4 years of age, children are learning
the cause and consequences of feelings.
9 During the 20th century, life expectancy increased _________ years.
30
10 __________ is Piaget's first stage of moral development in which rules are conceived of as
unchangeable properties of the world.
Heteronomous morality
11 Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life and are usually not
applicable to many people are called
non-normative life events.
12 __________ is a set of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act, and
feel.
Gender role
13 Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often involves conflicts and competition
among three goals of human development:
growth, maintenance, and regulation of loss.
, 14 Which statement best describes the explanation given by the social cognitive theory of gender?
Children learn expected gender behaviors through rewards and punishments, as well as through
observation and imitation of models.
15 Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-nurture issue?
It involves the extent to which heredity and the environment influence development.
16 __________ parenting involves encouraging children to be independent, placing limits and
controls on their actions while allowing verbal exchange.
Authoritative
17 In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below the poverty line.
17.4%
18 __________ play involves the repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned.
Practice
19 The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to
primarily influence the behavior of adults, through employment.
20 The highest incidence of game playing occurs
between ages 10 and 12.
, 21 A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those peers.
22 What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify?
Evocative genotype-environment correlation
23 The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and
language is the
cognitive process.
24 Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development and aging describe life-span
development in terms of four "ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of age.
60-79
25 A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called
biological age
26 Freud is associated with which theoretical perspective?
psychoanalytic
27 During which period of prenatal development do the connections form between neurons?
Fetal period
