HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE LIFESPAN -WGU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL
GRADED (NEW 2025/2026
UPDATE)QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT /A+GRADE
Which research design does this exemplify? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Descriptive research
Between 2 and 4 years of age, children are learning - CORRECT
ANSWER-the cause and consequences of feelings.
During the 20th century, life expectancy increased
_________ years. - CORRECT ANSWER-30
__________ is Piaget's first stage of moral development in
which rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the
world. - CORRECT ANSWER-Heteronomous morality
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an
individual's life and are usually not applicable to many people
are called - CORRECT ANSWER-non-normative life events.
,__________ is a set of expectations that prescribe how
females or males should think, act, and feel. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Gender role
Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often
involves conflicts and competition among three goals of human
development: - CORRECT ANSWER-growth, maintenance, and
regulation of loss.
Which statement best describes the explanation given by the
social cognitive theory of gender? - CORRECT ANSWER-Children
learn expected gender behaviors through rewards and
punishments, as well as through observation and imitation of
models.
Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-
nurture issue? - CORRECT ANSWER-It involves the extent to which
heredity and the environment influence development.
__________ parenting involves encouraging children to be
independent, placing limits and controls on their actions while
allowing verbal exchange. - CORRECT ANSWER-Authoritative
In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below
the poverty line. - CORRECT ANSWER-17.4%
__________ play involves the repetition of behavior when
new skills are being learned. - CORRECT ANSWER-Practice
, The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to -
CORRECT ANSWER-primarily influence the behavior of adults,
through employment.
The highest incidence of game playing occurs - CORRECT ANSWER-
between ages 10 and 12.
A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from
those peers.
What type of heredity environment correlation does this
exemplify? - CORRECT ANSWER-Evocative genotype-environment
correlation
The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an
individual's thought, intelligence, and language is the - CORRECT
ANSWER-cognitive process.
Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development
and aging describe life-span development in terms of four
"ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of
age. - CORRECT ANSWER-60-79
A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called -
CORRECT ANSWER-biological age
Freud is associated with which theoretical perspective? - CORRECT
ANSWER-psychoanalytic
ACROSS THE LIFESPAN -WGU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL
GRADED (NEW 2025/2026
UPDATE)QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT /A+GRADE
Which research design does this exemplify? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Descriptive research
Between 2 and 4 years of age, children are learning - CORRECT
ANSWER-the cause and consequences of feelings.
During the 20th century, life expectancy increased
_________ years. - CORRECT ANSWER-30
__________ is Piaget's first stage of moral development in
which rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the
world. - CORRECT ANSWER-Heteronomous morality
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an
individual's life and are usually not applicable to many people
are called - CORRECT ANSWER-non-normative life events.
,__________ is a set of expectations that prescribe how
females or males should think, act, and feel. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Gender role
Baltes and his colleagues assert that the mastery of life often
involves conflicts and competition among three goals of human
development: - CORRECT ANSWER-growth, maintenance, and
regulation of loss.
Which statement best describes the explanation given by the
social cognitive theory of gender? - CORRECT ANSWER-Children
learn expected gender behaviors through rewards and
punishments, as well as through observation and imitation of
models.
Which statement characterizes the debate about the nature-
nurture issue? - CORRECT ANSWER-It involves the extent to which
heredity and the environment influence development.
__________ parenting involves encouraging children to be
independent, placing limits and controls on their actions while
allowing verbal exchange. - CORRECT ANSWER-Authoritative
In 2006, _____ of U.S. children were living in families below
the poverty line. - CORRECT ANSWER-17.4%
__________ play involves the repetition of behavior when
new skills are being learned. - CORRECT ANSWER-Practice
, The Minnesota Family Investment Program was designed to -
CORRECT ANSWER-primarily influence the behavior of adults,
through employment.
The highest incidence of game playing occurs - CORRECT ANSWER-
between ages 10 and 12.
A child who treats peers with aggression elicits hostility from
those peers.
What type of heredity environment correlation does this
exemplify? - CORRECT ANSWER-Evocative genotype-environment
correlation
The process we refer to when we speak of changes in an
individual's thought, intelligence, and language is the - CORRECT
ANSWER-cognitive process.
Life-span developmentalists who focus on adult development
and aging describe life-span development in terms of four
"ages." The third age comprises those ___________ years of
age. - CORRECT ANSWER-60-79
A person's age in terms of his or her physical health is called -
CORRECT ANSWER-biological age
Freud is associated with which theoretical perspective? - CORRECT
ANSWER-psychoanalytic
