WGU PRE-ASSESSMENT: HUMAN
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ALREADY PASSED
Which theory of human development was proposed by Jean Piaget? ✔✔Cognitive developmental
theory
Involves the capacity to change ✔✔Plastic development
Occurs within families, schools, peer groups, neighborhoods, universities, and countries
✔✔Contextual development
Includes how body, mind, emotions, and relationships change and affect each other
✔✔Multidimensional development
Involves biological, cultural, and individual factors ✔✔Co-constructional development
A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if adolescents experience depression
more than middle-aged adults. The researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both
groups.
Which research design does this exemplify? ✔✔Descriptive research
Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-nurture issue? ✔✔It involves the extent
to which heredity and the environment influence development.
A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those peers.
, What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify? ✔✔Evocative genotype-
environment correlation
During which period of prenatal development do the connections form between neurons? ✔✔Fetal
period
What are two ways exposure to teratogens can affect standard fetal development?
Choose 2 answers ✔✔By causing physical defects
By impairing cognitive and behavioral function
How do genotypes and phenotypes differ in relation to the variability of human characteristics?
✔✔Genotypes represent the genetic makeup of individuals; phenotypes are physical
characteristics.
Which genetic condition is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of lipids in the nervous
system, leading to deceleration of mental and physical development? ✔✔Tay-Sachs disease
Which teratogen is commonly associated with low birth weight, subnormal length and head
circumference, excitability, and subnormal reflexes? ✔✔Cocaine
What is an example of the cephalocaudal pattern of growth and motor development in infants?
✔✔Controlling trunk muscles before controlling legs and feet
Which two events occur after the language milestone of an infant's first spoken words?
Choose 2 answers ✔✔Two-word utterances
Rapid expansion of word comprehension
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ALREADY PASSED
Which theory of human development was proposed by Jean Piaget? ✔✔Cognitive developmental
theory
Involves the capacity to change ✔✔Plastic development
Occurs within families, schools, peer groups, neighborhoods, universities, and countries
✔✔Contextual development
Includes how body, mind, emotions, and relationships change and affect each other
✔✔Multidimensional development
Involves biological, cultural, and individual factors ✔✔Co-constructional development
A researcher is gathering information for a study to determine if adolescents experience depression
more than middle-aged adults. The researcher observes and records behavior exhibited by both
groups.
Which research design does this exemplify? ✔✔Descriptive research
Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-nurture issue? ✔✔It involves the extent
to which heredity and the environment influence development.
A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from those peers.
, What type of heredity environment correlation does this exemplify? ✔✔Evocative genotype-
environment correlation
During which period of prenatal development do the connections form between neurons? ✔✔Fetal
period
What are two ways exposure to teratogens can affect standard fetal development?
Choose 2 answers ✔✔By causing physical defects
By impairing cognitive and behavioral function
How do genotypes and phenotypes differ in relation to the variability of human characteristics?
✔✔Genotypes represent the genetic makeup of individuals; phenotypes are physical
characteristics.
Which genetic condition is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of lipids in the nervous
system, leading to deceleration of mental and physical development? ✔✔Tay-Sachs disease
Which teratogen is commonly associated with low birth weight, subnormal length and head
circumference, excitability, and subnormal reflexes? ✔✔Cocaine
What is an example of the cephalocaudal pattern of growth and motor development in infants?
✔✔Controlling trunk muscles before controlling legs and feet
Which two events occur after the language milestone of an infant's first spoken words?
Choose 2 answers ✔✔Two-word utterances
Rapid expansion of word comprehension
