WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A
◉What is the fetal period? Answer: From the end of the embryonic
period until the end of pregnancy, viability at 24 weeks
◉What influences sexual orientation? Answer: Genetics, birth order,
hormones
◉What are some maternal factors that can affect fetal development?
Answer: Age, environmental teratogens, diabetes, high blood
pressure, Rh factor, weight gain, stress, depression
◉What are some risks during pregnancy? Answer: Ectopic
pregnancy, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion
◉How many stages are there in labor for vaginal delivery? Answer:
Three
,◉What are the other types of delivery? Answer: Cesarean and
induced
◉What is the APGAR score? Answer: Assessment of newborn's
heart rate, muscle tone, reflexes, etc.
◉What is NBAS? Answer: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
used to assess newborns.
◉When does the postpartum phase begin and end? Answer: Begins
after birth and ends when mother's body returns to pre-pregnancy
form.
◉What are maternal worries in the postpartum phase? Answer:
Mother's needs and changes in taking on new responsibilities.
◉What is postpartum anxiety? Answer: Elevated sense of worry
about the infant following childbirth.
◉What is postpartum depression? Answer: Unusual sadness
occurring after childbirth.
◉What is postpartum psychosis? Answer: Serious mental illness
affecting new mothers after childbirth.
,◉Why should new mothers seek medical assistance for postpartum
anxiety? Answer: To address elevated worries about the infant.
◉What is physical growth? Answer: Increase in body size and organ
size in babies.
◉What does physical development aid in? Answer: Maintenance of
healthy weight, strong bones, muscles, and heart.
◉What is motor development? Answer: Physical growth and
strengthening of bones and muscles in children.
◉What do gross motor skills focus on? Answer: Large muscle
groups controlling head, torso, arms, and legs.
◉What is the cephalocaudal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from head to tail.
◉What is the proximodistal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from midline outward.
◉What is sensory development? Answer: Processes used to take in
information from the environment.
, ◉How can sensory processes be affected? Answer: By the infant's
developing motor abilities.
◉Why is nutrition important for health and development? Answer:
It is related to improved infant, child, and maternal health and
stronger immune systems.
◉What is kwashiorkor? Answer: A disease caused by protein
deficiency.
◉When does kwashiorkor often occur? Answer: After the birth of
another sibling.
◉What are genes? Answer: Inherited building blocks that
determine development.
◉What is mitosis? Answer: Nucleus makes copy of chromosomes
and splits into two cells.
◉What happens in meiosis? Answer: Chromosomes duplicate and
divide twice, resulting in four cells.
◉What is genotype? Answer: Sum total of inherited genes.
DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A
◉What is the fetal period? Answer: From the end of the embryonic
period until the end of pregnancy, viability at 24 weeks
◉What influences sexual orientation? Answer: Genetics, birth order,
hormones
◉What are some maternal factors that can affect fetal development?
Answer: Age, environmental teratogens, diabetes, high blood
pressure, Rh factor, weight gain, stress, depression
◉What are some risks during pregnancy? Answer: Ectopic
pregnancy, preeclampsia, spontaneous abortion
◉How many stages are there in labor for vaginal delivery? Answer:
Three
,◉What are the other types of delivery? Answer: Cesarean and
induced
◉What is the APGAR score? Answer: Assessment of newborn's
heart rate, muscle tone, reflexes, etc.
◉What is NBAS? Answer: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
used to assess newborns.
◉When does the postpartum phase begin and end? Answer: Begins
after birth and ends when mother's body returns to pre-pregnancy
form.
◉What are maternal worries in the postpartum phase? Answer:
Mother's needs and changes in taking on new responsibilities.
◉What is postpartum anxiety? Answer: Elevated sense of worry
about the infant following childbirth.
◉What is postpartum depression? Answer: Unusual sadness
occurring after childbirth.
◉What is postpartum psychosis? Answer: Serious mental illness
affecting new mothers after childbirth.
,◉Why should new mothers seek medical assistance for postpartum
anxiety? Answer: To address elevated worries about the infant.
◉What is physical growth? Answer: Increase in body size and organ
size in babies.
◉What does physical development aid in? Answer: Maintenance of
healthy weight, strong bones, muscles, and heart.
◉What is motor development? Answer: Physical growth and
strengthening of bones and muscles in children.
◉What do gross motor skills focus on? Answer: Large muscle
groups controlling head, torso, arms, and legs.
◉What is the cephalocaudal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from head to tail.
◉What is the proximodistal path of development? Answer:
Development that proceeds from midline outward.
◉What is sensory development? Answer: Processes used to take in
information from the environment.
, ◉How can sensory processes be affected? Answer: By the infant's
developing motor abilities.
◉Why is nutrition important for health and development? Answer:
It is related to improved infant, child, and maternal health and
stronger immune systems.
◉What is kwashiorkor? Answer: A disease caused by protein
deficiency.
◉When does kwashiorkor often occur? Answer: After the birth of
another sibling.
◉What are genes? Answer: Inherited building blocks that
determine development.
◉What is mitosis? Answer: Nucleus makes copy of chromosomes
and splits into two cells.
◉What happens in meiosis? Answer: Chromosomes duplicate and
divide twice, resulting in four cells.
◉What is genotype? Answer: Sum total of inherited genes.
