WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
●● Myelination.
Answer: the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a
neuron=significant improvement occurs in thinking and processing skills
during adolescence
●● limbic system.
Answer: Controls emotions and is linked to hormonal changes that occur
during puberty
●● Egocentricity.
Answer: A selfish interest in one's own needs to the exclusion of
everything else. Adolescence place importance on the reactions of others
and start constructing an imaginary audience.
●● Inductive reasoning (bottom-up).
Answer: reasoning from one or more specific experiences or facts to
reach a general conclusion (children use this)
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SET
●● Myelination.
Answer: the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a
neuron=significant improvement occurs in thinking and processing skills
during adolescence
●● limbic system.
Answer: Controls emotions and is linked to hormonal changes that occur
during puberty
●● Egocentricity.
Answer: A selfish interest in one's own needs to the exclusion of
everything else. Adolescence place importance on the reactions of others
and start constructing an imaginary audience.
●● Inductive reasoning (bottom-up).
Answer: reasoning from one or more specific experiences or facts to
reach a general conclusion (children use this)
