HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (WGU PRACTICE ASSESSMENT) UPDATE|EXAM QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)!!!

HUMAN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (WGU
PRACTICE ASSESSMENT)
UPDATE|EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED &
REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)!!!
WhichmtheorymofmhumanmdevelopmentmwasmproposedmbymJeanmPiaget?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmCognitivemDevelopmentmtheory




Matchmeachmdescriptionmwithmthemlife-spanmperspectivemofmdevelopmentmitmdescribes.m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm1)mInvolvesmthemcapacitymtomchange:mPlasticmdevelopment



2)mOccursmwithinmfamilies,mschools,mpeermgroups,mneighborhoods,muniversitiesmandmcountries:mCo
ntextualmdevelopment

3)mIncludesmhowmbody,mmind,memotionsmandmrelationshipsmchangemandmaffectmeachmother:mMulti
dimensionalmDevelopment

4)mInvolvesmbiological,mcultural,mandmindividualmfactors:mCo-constructionalmdevelopment



Amresearchermismgatheringminformationmformamstudymtomdeterminemifmadolescentsmexperiencemdep
ressionmmoremthanmmiddle-
agedmadults.mThemresearchermobservesmandmrecordmbehaviormexhibitedmbymbothmgroups.

Whichmresearchmdesignmdoesmthismexemplify?m-mCORRECTmANSWERmDescriptivemResearch



Whichmstatementmcharacterizesmthemdebatemaboutmthemnature-nuturemissue?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmItminvolvesmthemextentmtomwhichmhereditymandmthemenvironmentminfluencem


development.



Amchildmwhomtreatsmpeersmwithmaggressionmelicitsmhostilitymfrommthosempeers.m

, Whatmtypemofmhereditymenvironmentmcorrelationmdoesmthismexemplify?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmEvocativemgenotype-envitonmentmcorrelation




Duringmwhichmperiodmofmprenatalmdevelopmentmdomthemconnectionmformmbetweenmneurons?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmFetalmPeriod




Whatmaremtwomwaysmexposuremteratogensmcanmaffectmstandardmfetalmdevelopment?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm1)mBymcausingmphysicalmdefects




2)mBymimpairingmcognitivemandmbehavioralmfunction



Howmdomgenotypesm&mphenotypesmdifferminmrelationmtomthemvariabilitymofmhumanmcharacteristics
?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmGenotypesmrepresentmthemgeneticmmakeupmofmindividuals;mphenotypesmarem


physicalmcharacteristics.



Whichmgeneticmconditionmismcharacterizedmbymanmabnormalmaccumulationmofmlipidsminmthemnervo
usmsystem,mleadingmtomdeclarationmofmmentalmandmphysicalmdevelopment?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmTay-SachsmDisease




Whichmteratogenmismcommonlymassociatedmwithmlowmbirthmweight,msubnormalmlengthmandmheadm
circumference,mexcitabilitymandmsubnormalmreflexes?m-mCORRECTmANSWERmCocaine



Whatmismanmexamplemofmcephalocaudalmpatternmofmgrowthmandmmotormdevelopmentminminfants?m
-mCORRECTmANSWERmControllingmtrunkmmusclesmbeforemcontrollingmlegsmandmfeet.



Whichmtwomeventsmoccurmaftermthemlanguagemmilestonemofmanminfantsmfirstmspokenmwords?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm1)mTwo-worldmutterances