CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS | NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE | GRADED A+| 100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
3 Stages of Prenatal Development -
ANSWER
Zygote: 1 - 2 weeks
Embryo: 3 - 8 weeks
Fetus: 9 - 38 weeks
Embryo Stage (First trimester) -
ANSWER
Most vulnerable to damage by drugs and disease
Zygote -
ANSWER
Cell produced when the sperm and the ovum unite into one cell.
Conception -
ANSWER
Process where the sperm and the ovum unite into one cell.
Placenta -
ANSWER
Purpose is to protect the developing infant and allows for the exchange of food and oxygen.
23rd Pair for Female Chromosome -
ANSWER
XX
23rd Pair for Male Chromosome -
ANSWER
, XY
Sigmund Freud -
ANSWER
Introduced the 5 psychosexual stages and
proposed the existence of a basic unconscious instinctive sexual drive called 'libido'
Erik Erikson -
ANSWER
Introduced 8 psychosocial stages (stages of Crisis or Critical importance)
Jean Piaget -
ANSWER
Introduced terms of 'sensorimotor',
'preoperational' and 'concrete operational'
Lev Vygotsky -
ANSWER
Believed children learn through social
interactions rather than exploration with the world
Jerome Bruner -
ANSWER
Named the progressive learning idea
'scaffolding'
Albert Bandura -
ANSWER
Views were of a social-cognitive focus and
identified reinforcements of learning called 'intrinsic' reinforcement/reward
ANSWERS | NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE | GRADED A+| 100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED SOLUTIONS)
3 Stages of Prenatal Development -
ANSWER
Zygote: 1 - 2 weeks
Embryo: 3 - 8 weeks
Fetus: 9 - 38 weeks
Embryo Stage (First trimester) -
ANSWER
Most vulnerable to damage by drugs and disease
Zygote -
ANSWER
Cell produced when the sperm and the ovum unite into one cell.
Conception -
ANSWER
Process where the sperm and the ovum unite into one cell.
Placenta -
ANSWER
Purpose is to protect the developing infant and allows for the exchange of food and oxygen.
23rd Pair for Female Chromosome -
ANSWER
XX
23rd Pair for Male Chromosome -
ANSWER
, XY
Sigmund Freud -
ANSWER
Introduced the 5 psychosexual stages and
proposed the existence of a basic unconscious instinctive sexual drive called 'libido'
Erik Erikson -
ANSWER
Introduced 8 psychosocial stages (stages of Crisis or Critical importance)
Jean Piaget -
ANSWER
Introduced terms of 'sensorimotor',
'preoperational' and 'concrete operational'
Lev Vygotsky -
ANSWER
Believed children learn through social
interactions rather than exploration with the world
Jerome Bruner -
ANSWER
Named the progressive learning idea
'scaffolding'
Albert Bandura -
ANSWER
Views were of a social-cognitive focus and
identified reinforcements of learning called 'intrinsic' reinforcement/reward
