WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

WGU D202 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 1 2025 | ACCURATE

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• According to Erikson, which developmental conflict is central to adolescence?
• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
• Trust vs. Mistrust
• Identity vs. Role Confusion
• Intimacy vs. Isolation

Answer: C

Rationale: Erikson identifies Identity vs. Role Confusion as the key psychosocial conflict during adolescence, where individuals form a personal identity.

• What is the primary focus of Piaget’s concrete operational stage?
• Logical thinking and mastery of conservation
• Abstract reasoning
• Egocentrism
• Object permanence 1 / 4

Answer: A

Rationale: In the concrete operational stage (ages 7–11), children develop

logical thought and understand concepts like conservation and reversibility.

• Which of the following best describes Vygotsky’s concept of the Zone of

Proximal Development (ZPD)?

• Skills learned independently
• The gap between actual ability and potential with guidance
• Development based solely on age
• Genetic predisposition to learning

Answer: B

Rationale: ZPD refers to the difference between what a learner can do alone and

what they can achieve with help from a more skilled individual.

• Which prenatal period is most critical for organ development and teratogen

sensitivity?

• Germinal
• Embryonic
• Fetal
• Neonatal

Answer: B

Rationale: The embryonic stage (weeks 3–8) is when organs form and is the

most vulnerable period for teratogenic effects. 2 / 4

• A 4-year-old is engaging in pretend play, using a stick as a sword. This behavior

demonstrates which cognitive milestone?

• Egocentrism
• Symbolic function
• Centration
• Reversibility

Answer: B

Rationale: Symbolic function is the ability to use symbols or objects to represent something else, seen in pretend play during the preoperational stage.

• According to Kohlberg, which level of moral development is based on avoiding

punishment?

• Postconventional
• Conventional
• Preconventional
• Autonomous

Answer: C

Rationale: In the preconventional level, particularly Stage 1, moral reasoning is driven by avoiding punishment and seeking reward.

• Which theorist emphasized psychosexual stages as the foundation of

development?

• Erikson 3 / 4

• Piaget
• Freud
• Skinner

Answer: C

Rationale: Freud proposed that early childhood development occurs in

psychosexual stages (oral, anal, phallic, etc.).

• A child demonstrates object permanence. According to Piaget, which stage is

the child in?

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete operational
• Formal operational

Answer: A

Rationale: Object permanence, the understanding that objects continue to exist

when out of sight, develops during the sensorimotor stage (birth–2 years).

• What does cephalocaudal development refer to in physical growth?
• Growth from the feet upward
• Development of internal organs before limbs
• Head-to-tail progression
• Same rate of development across the body
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