WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● *Which age of development is referred to as a fetus?
Answer: Ninth week until birth
●● *What is formed during the embryonic period?
Answer: The placenta
●● *Which stage of gestation is marked with the beginning of brain
development?
Answer: Third week of gestation
●● *A four-year-old child is having trouble inhibiting certain behaviors.
What is an explanation for why this is happening?
Answer: The child is not fully developed executive function
●● *What is a pincer grasp?
Answer: Infants, using the forefinger and thumb to pick up objects
, ●● *When does the development of prenatal brain begin?
Answer: Third week of gestation
●● *When does an infant display a social smile as a form of social
engagement?
Answer: At two months
●● *How does an individualistic culture affect a child's psychosocial
development?
Answer: The child developed opinions about the diversity of the beliefs
and questions them
●● *What is an evocative genotype - environment correlation?
Answer: How the social environment reacts to a person due to their
inherited features
●● *Which type of self evaluation do young children with a secure
attachment with their care givers tend to have?
Answer: Positive
●● *Which theory of gender development considers that young children
develop their own conceptions of the attributes associated with maleness
or femaleness?
Answer: Gender schema theory
DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● *Which age of development is referred to as a fetus?
Answer: Ninth week until birth
●● *What is formed during the embryonic period?
Answer: The placenta
●● *Which stage of gestation is marked with the beginning of brain
development?
Answer: Third week of gestation
●● *A four-year-old child is having trouble inhibiting certain behaviors.
What is an explanation for why this is happening?
Answer: The child is not fully developed executive function
●● *What is a pincer grasp?
Answer: Infants, using the forefinger and thumb to pick up objects
, ●● *When does the development of prenatal brain begin?
Answer: Third week of gestation
●● *When does an infant display a social smile as a form of social
engagement?
Answer: At two months
●● *How does an individualistic culture affect a child's psychosocial
development?
Answer: The child developed opinions about the diversity of the beliefs
and questions them
●● *What is an evocative genotype - environment correlation?
Answer: How the social environment reacts to a person due to their
inherited features
●● *Which type of self evaluation do young children with a secure
attachment with their care givers tend to have?
Answer: Positive
●● *Which theory of gender development considers that young children
develop their own conceptions of the attributes associated with maleness
or femaleness?
Answer: Gender schema theory
