Child Development Certification Exam
Vocab ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Solitary Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅When a child plays alone
Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅activity in which children play side by side
without interacting
Cooperative Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅activity in which children actually play with
one another
Self-Concept - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅what we know and believe about ourselves
Bonding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅forming strong emotional ties between individuals
Erik Erikson - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial
Development
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how one learns, gains information and
understands the world
Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known for his theory of cognitive development in
children
Dominant Genes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅member of a gene terror that controls the
appearance of a certain trait
Recessive Genes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅genes that are expressed only in the absence
of a dominant gene; weaker gene
, Ultrasound - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅utilizes sound waves to detect the health and
development of the fetus
Amniocentesis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow
needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for developmental abnormalities in a fetus.
Ovum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(egg) female reproductive cell; after fertilization
becomes a zygote
Ovaries - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
Fallopian tubes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅tubes which carry eggs from the ovaries to the
uterus and which provides the place where fertilization occurs
Uterus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Female organ of reproduction used to house the
developing fetus.
Endometrium lining - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lining of the uterus
Cervix - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lower, narrow portion of the uterus that allows the
expulsion of the endometrium lining, entry of sperm, dialates during labor
Vagina - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Female organ of intercourse; birth canal
Perineum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅in females, the area between the anus and the vagina
Sperm - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Male sex cell
Scrotum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a pouch of skin containing the testicles.
Penis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅male organ in which semen and urine exit the body
Vocab ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Solitary Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅When a child plays alone
Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅activity in which children play side by side
without interacting
Cooperative Play - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅activity in which children actually play with
one another
Self-Concept - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅what we know and believe about ourselves
Bonding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅forming strong emotional ties between individuals
Erik Erikson - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial
Development
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how one learns, gains information and
understands the world
Jean Piaget - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Known for his theory of cognitive development in
children
Dominant Genes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅member of a gene terror that controls the
appearance of a certain trait
Recessive Genes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅genes that are expressed only in the absence
of a dominant gene; weaker gene
, Ultrasound - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅utilizes sound waves to detect the health and
development of the fetus
Amniocentesis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow
needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for developmental abnormalities in a fetus.
Ovum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(egg) female reproductive cell; after fertilization
becomes a zygote
Ovaries - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
Fallopian tubes - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅tubes which carry eggs from the ovaries to the
uterus and which provides the place where fertilization occurs
Uterus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Female organ of reproduction used to house the
developing fetus.
Endometrium lining - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lining of the uterus
Cervix - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅lower, narrow portion of the uterus that allows the
expulsion of the endometrium lining, entry of sperm, dialates during labor
Vagina - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Female organ of intercourse; birth canal
Perineum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅in females, the area between the anus and the vagina
Sperm - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Male sex cell
Scrotum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a pouch of skin containing the testicles.
Penis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅male organ in which semen and urine exit the body
