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Human Growth and Development CLEP Test
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CLEP (College Level Examination Program) There are 319 multiple-choice practice questions and detailed explanations contained in the Practice Tests and Study Guides below. The ACE (American Council on Education) recommends 3 lower level college credits for this exam. Studying, and passing, the practice tests below will allow you to confidently take and pass your Human Growth and Development CLEP test. The overall key concepts, and specific individual points, that will allow you to pass your test are within the practice questions and detailed explanations.
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Course Information and Overview
This Human Growth and Development CLEP test consists of material typically taught in an introductory-level college course. The actual CLEP Test is 90 questions and allows 90 minutes to complete.
In order to successfully complete this CLEP exam you will need to be
familiar with Human Growth and Development terminology and basic facts,
generally accepted principles and concepts, theories, and developmental
issues.
According to the official College Board site the Human Growth and Development CLEP test contains questions from the following topics:
- Theoretical Perspectives (10%)
Including concepts related to social cognition, learning, socio-cultural and psychodynamic development, and evolutionary perspectives - Research Strategies and Methodology (5%)
Including research strategies and methodology of correlational, experimental, longitudinal, observational, and cross sectional/sequential - Biological Development Throughout the Life Span
(10%)
Brain and nervous system development
The influence of hormones and of drugs
Influences of nutrition and pre/perinatal experiences
Growth and the maturation process - Perceptual Development Throughout the Life Span
(7%)
Sensory acuity and sensory deprivation
Reflex development - Cognitive Development Throughout the Life Span
(12%)
Development of the following skills: memory, problem solving, coordination, expertise and wisdom, and thought processes
Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Language Development (8%)
Decoding information
Constructing syntax
Controlling language
Secondary language development
Thought processes
Environment and impacts on language - Intelligence Throughout the Lifespan (4%)
Creativity and intelligence concepts
Environment and heredity - Social Development Throughout the Life Span (10%)
Attachment and detachment
Sense of self and sense of loss
Morals development
Sexuality and determination
Relationship construction - Family, Home, and Society Throughout the Life Span
(8%)
Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
The end of life process
Family and interpersonal relationships
Styles of parenting
Outside influences - Personality and Emotion (8%)
Emotional development and expression
Personality development
Erik Erikson's Theory on Social Development
Identity crisis
Theories of Sigmund Freud - Learning (8%)
Development and habit formation
Conditioning
Skill and behavior acquisition - Schooling, Work, and Interventions (5%)
Styles of learning
Developmental cycles and principles
Levels of care from pre-school to elder
Post-work life and retirement - Atypical Development (5%)
Including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mood disturbances, syndromes and phobias, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)
CLEP Human Growth and Development information is available at The College Board.
