Human Growth and Development CLEP questions with correct answers

nature vs. nurture controversy Correct Answer-it is agreed that both have some influence in development, but some people think it is more one than the other. biologically built vs. environment tabula rasa Correct Answer-this is what the human mind is at birth (according to the nurture side of the nature versus nurture controversy), like a blank slate that experience writes on Discontinuity or Stage Theories Correct Answer-Argues that development progresses through a series of stages. Each stage involves a specific task. Once the stage is completed the child moves on to the next stage. The developing person is changing qualitatively, not quantitatively. Continuity Theories Correct Answer-Suggest that development is best described as a steady growth process. Developmental change is described as occurring in small steps or increments. (Skills and behavior improve but they do not change in a qualitatively.) Child Development vs. Life Span Correct Answer-Some theories of development argue that development is complete at the end of childhood/adolescence (Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget are examples). Life Span theories of development argue that growth and change continue to occur throughout the entire life span (Erick Erickson took a life span perspective). universality vs. context specific Correct Answer-a theory that applies to all cultures and time periods (such as Piaget proposed