CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS
VERIFIED
●● What are the three main processes of human development? Answer:
Cognitive Process, Socioemotional Process, and Biological Process.
●● What does socio-emotional development focus on? Answer:
Understanding and managing emotions, forming relationships, and
developing social skills.
●● What is the life-span approach to human development? Answer: The
belief that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood, not just
in childhood.
●● What is the traditional approach to human development? Answer:
The belief that individuals show extensive change from birth to
adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in late old age.
●● What does cephalocaudal development refer to? Answer: The growth
pattern from head to toe.
●● What does proximodistal development refer to? Answer: Growth
from the center of the body outward.
, ●● What are the characteristics of human development? Answer:
Development is life-long, plastic, multidimensional, orderly, gradual,
contextual, and involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
●● What occurs during the germinal stage of prenatal development?
Answer: The first two weeks when the zygote divides and differentiates
into cells.
●● What happens during the embryonic stage of prenatal development?
Answer: Weeks three to eight, when the neural tube forms and the heart
begins to beat.
●● What is the fetal stage of prenatal development? Answer: Weeks nine
until birth, when the fetus grows and develops organs like the brain and
spinal cord.
●● What are key physical developments in infancy? Answer: Infants
grow quickly, develop senses, motor skills, and teeth.
●● What cognitive developments occur during infancy? Answer:
Learning to smile, laugh, make sounds, and communicate needs.
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE ANSWERS
VERIFIED
●● What are the three main processes of human development? Answer:
Cognitive Process, Socioemotional Process, and Biological Process.
●● What does socio-emotional development focus on? Answer:
Understanding and managing emotions, forming relationships, and
developing social skills.
●● What is the life-span approach to human development? Answer: The
belief that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood, not just
in childhood.
●● What is the traditional approach to human development? Answer:
The belief that individuals show extensive change from birth to
adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in late old age.
●● What does cephalocaudal development refer to? Answer: The growth
pattern from head to toe.
●● What does proximodistal development refer to? Answer: Growth
from the center of the body outward.
, ●● What are the characteristics of human development? Answer:
Development is life-long, plastic, multidimensional, orderly, gradual,
contextual, and involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
●● What occurs during the germinal stage of prenatal development?
Answer: The first two weeks when the zygote divides and differentiates
into cells.
●● What happens during the embryonic stage of prenatal development?
Answer: Weeks three to eight, when the neural tube forms and the heart
begins to beat.
●● What is the fetal stage of prenatal development? Answer: Weeks nine
until birth, when the fetus grows and develops organs like the brain and
spinal cord.
●● What are key physical developments in infancy? Answer: Infants
grow quickly, develop senses, motor skills, and teeth.
●● What cognitive developments occur during infancy? Answer:
Learning to smile, laugh, make sounds, and communicate needs.
