WGU D202 Human Growth and Development Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam 130 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER: the transitional phase of growth and development
between childhood and adulthood
adolescent pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER: aged 15-19, 17.4/1,000. pregnancies
have declined since 2007, Those sexually active are using more birth control then before.
Adolescent Sexual Activity - CORRECT ANSWER: Increased sexual attraction by 10/11 yrs old. By end of High school, 1/2 students having sex.
anorexia nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER: restriction of energy intake leading to a
significantly low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, disturbance in ones self evaluation regarding body weight. slow HR, low BP, heart failure, and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorders. FEAR of OBESITY
Autonomous interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER: A friend is someone who accepts
you and whom you accept as they are. In this stage, children, teens, and adults accept and even appreciate differences between themselves and their friends. They are also not as possessive, so they are less likely to feel threatened if their friends have other relationships or interests. Children are typically 12 or older in this stage.
average child - CORRECT ANSWER: a child with a few positive and very few negative votes in a sociometric assessment
bicultural identity - CORRECT ANSWER: a state in which individuals see themselves as a part of the ethnic minority group as well as the society at large
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binge eating disorder - CORRECT ANSWER: recurrent episodes of binge eating
marked distress regarding binge eating binge eating is not associated with the recurrent use of inappropriate conpensary behavior
birth control - CORRECT ANSWER: or contraception is any method, medicine, or
device used to prevent pregnancy
bulimia nervosa - CORRECT ANSWER: recurrent episodes of binge eating, recurrent, inappropriate, compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, including purging, laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise, self evaluation is unduly affected by body shape and weight. Electrolyte imbalances affecting the heart and other major organs, digestive system affected, frq. vomiting=inflammation and pos. rupture of esophagus, high cholesterol, type 2 DM, gall bladder disease.
cliques - CORRECT ANSWER: sociologically speaking, groups of individuals who
interact frequently
cohabiting - CORRECT ANSWER: living together and sharing the same place as if
married, usually without legal or religious sanction
controversial children - CORRECT ANSWER: children who have several positive and
several negative votes in a sociometric assessment
crowds - CORRECT ANSWER: sociologically speaking, groups that are characterized
more by shared reputations or images than actual interactions
dentity foreclosure - CORRECT ANSWER: a status in which adolescents have made a
commitment to an identity without having explored the options
deviant peer contagion - CORRECT ANSWER: process by which peers reinforce
problem behavior by laughing or showing other signs of approval
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differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER: the way something is distinguished or determined among the others
Erikson Identity VS role Confusion - CORRECT ANSWER: Experience dramatic
physiologic changes associated with sexual maturation that include appearance
Erikson Industry vs. Inferiority - CORRECT ANSWER: 4th stage of human development.busy industrious, constantly doing something, planning, playing, gathering w/friends gaining a sense of confidence
ethnic identity - CORRECT ANSWER: a state that refers to how people come to terms with who they are based on their ethnic or racial ancestry
Fair-weather cooperation - CORRECT ANSWER: Children are very concerned with
fairness and reciprocity, and thus, a friend is someone who returns a favor. In this stage, if a child does something nice for a friend, there is an expectation that the friend will do something nice for them at the first available opportunity. When this fails to happen, a child may break off the friendship. Selman found that some children as young as 7 and as old as 12 are in this stage.
friendship - CORRECT ANSWER: peer interactions often involve parallel play as
toddlers. Friends are referred to based on proximity, next door neighbor, schoolmate etc. Later on based on trust and commitment. Bigelow and Selmen believe these changes are linked to advances in cognitive development
gender identity - CORRECT ANSWER: Acquiring a gender identity is becoming an
increasingly prolonged task as attitudes and norms regarding gender keep changing.The roles appropriate for males and females are evolving, and the changing view of gender as "binary" (that is, only either male or female) allows adolescents more freedom to explore various aspects of gender. Some teens may foreclose on a gender identity as a way of dealing with this uncertainty, and they may adopt more stereotypic male or female roles (Sinclair & Carlsson, 2013).
homophily - CORRECT ANSWER: a tendency in adolescence in which members of a
peer group tend to be similar to one another in behavior and attitudes
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