WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT FULL SOLUTION PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉How many hours of sleep do two-year-olds need per day? Answer:
15 to 16 hours.
◉How many hours of sleep do six-year-olds need per day? Answer:
7 to 8 hours.
◉How much does a child's vocabulary expand between ages two
and six? Answer: Considerably, learning 10 to 20 new words per
week.
◉What do collectivistic cultures emphasize? Answer: Conformity to
family and cultural values.
◉What do individualistic cultures encourage children to do?
Answer: Think for themselves.
,◉What is autism spectrum disorder? Answer: Misunderstood and
puzzling neurodevelopmental disorder.
◉What is Erikson's third stage? Answer: Initiative vs. guilt
◉What are cognitive skills? Answer: Skills that result in changes in
self-concept and self-esteem
◉What is gender identity? Answer: Sense of self as male or female
◉What is social learning theory? Answer: Behavior is learned
through observation, modeling, reinforcement, and punishment
◉What is cognitive social learning theory? Answer: Emphasizes
reinforcement, punishment, and imitation, but adds cognitive
processes
◉What is gender schema theory? Answer: Children develop their
own conceptions of attributes associated with maleness or
femaleness
◉What is developmental intergroup theory? Answer: Gender
stereotypes are strong due to cultural emphasis on gender
,◉What is transgender? Answer: Gender identification differs from
assigned sex at birth
◉What is gender dysphoria? Answer: Anxiety caused by mismatch
between biological sex and gender identity
◉What is cisgender? Answer: Gender identity is the same as
assigned sex at birth
◉What is intersex? Answer: A person is born without or with a mix
of male and female reproductive organs, hormones, or chromosomes
◉What are the six types of play among children ages two to five?
Answer: Unoccupied, solitary, onlooker, parallel, associative, and
cooperative play
◉What are the positive outcomes of play for children? Answer:
Higher cognitive performance, better language comprehension and
production, and higher levels of school readiness
◉What are the effects of higher quality care? Answer: Higher
cognitive performance, better language comprehension and
production, and higher levels of school readiness
, ◉What are the effects of lower quality care? Answer: More
behavioral problems and poorer cognitive, language, and school
readiness
◉What is child abuse? Answer: Child abuse is any action that causes
physical or emotional harm to a child, potentially leading to death.
◉What is the impact of child abuse? Answer: Child abuse can have
lifelong effects on the child's physical and emotional well-being.
◉What are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)? Answer:
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that
occur during childhood and can increase the risk for stress-related
diseases and cognitive impairment in adulthood.
◉How does long-term stress affect the brain and health? Answer:
Long-term stress can disrupt brain functioning, cognitive skills,
emotional processing, and physiological health.
◉How does culture influence a child's first words? Answer:
Different cultures emphasize different types of words.
◉What does Baumrind's parenting model focus on? Answer: Level
of control and responsiveness of parents.
DEVELOPMENT FULL SOLUTION PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉How many hours of sleep do two-year-olds need per day? Answer:
15 to 16 hours.
◉How many hours of sleep do six-year-olds need per day? Answer:
7 to 8 hours.
◉How much does a child's vocabulary expand between ages two
and six? Answer: Considerably, learning 10 to 20 new words per
week.
◉What do collectivistic cultures emphasize? Answer: Conformity to
family and cultural values.
◉What do individualistic cultures encourage children to do?
Answer: Think for themselves.
,◉What is autism spectrum disorder? Answer: Misunderstood and
puzzling neurodevelopmental disorder.
◉What is Erikson's third stage? Answer: Initiative vs. guilt
◉What are cognitive skills? Answer: Skills that result in changes in
self-concept and self-esteem
◉What is gender identity? Answer: Sense of self as male or female
◉What is social learning theory? Answer: Behavior is learned
through observation, modeling, reinforcement, and punishment
◉What is cognitive social learning theory? Answer: Emphasizes
reinforcement, punishment, and imitation, but adds cognitive
processes
◉What is gender schema theory? Answer: Children develop their
own conceptions of attributes associated with maleness or
femaleness
◉What is developmental intergroup theory? Answer: Gender
stereotypes are strong due to cultural emphasis on gender
,◉What is transgender? Answer: Gender identification differs from
assigned sex at birth
◉What is gender dysphoria? Answer: Anxiety caused by mismatch
between biological sex and gender identity
◉What is cisgender? Answer: Gender identity is the same as
assigned sex at birth
◉What is intersex? Answer: A person is born without or with a mix
of male and female reproductive organs, hormones, or chromosomes
◉What are the six types of play among children ages two to five?
Answer: Unoccupied, solitary, onlooker, parallel, associative, and
cooperative play
◉What are the positive outcomes of play for children? Answer:
Higher cognitive performance, better language comprehension and
production, and higher levels of school readiness
◉What are the effects of higher quality care? Answer: Higher
cognitive performance, better language comprehension and
production, and higher levels of school readiness
, ◉What are the effects of lower quality care? Answer: More
behavioral problems and poorer cognitive, language, and school
readiness
◉What is child abuse? Answer: Child abuse is any action that causes
physical or emotional harm to a child, potentially leading to death.
◉What is the impact of child abuse? Answer: Child abuse can have
lifelong effects on the child's physical and emotional well-being.
◉What are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)? Answer:
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that
occur during childhood and can increase the risk for stress-related
diseases and cognitive impairment in adulthood.
◉How does long-term stress affect the brain and health? Answer:
Long-term stress can disrupt brain functioning, cognitive skills,
emotional processing, and physiological health.
◉How does culture influence a child's first words? Answer:
Different cultures emphasize different types of words.
◉What does Baumrind's parenting model focus on? Answer: Level
of control and responsiveness of parents.
