WGU D665 LEARNER DEVELOPMENT ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which neuroscience concept disproves multitasking? - ✔✔Limited brain capacity
✔✔Which concept refutes the myth of normality? - ✔✔Neurodiversity
✔✔Which concept refutes the myth of the brain as a computer? - ✔✔Embodied mind
✔✔Which study habit fights the myth of cramming? - ✔✔Distributed (spaced) practice
✔✔How to counteract the myth of normality in teaching? - ✔✔Use varied instructional
methods
✔✔How to fight cognitive rigidity? - ✔✔Help students face challenges with enthusiasm
✔✔How to refute "brain as computer" in class? - ✔✔Use physical activities in learning
✔✔Why is cramming ineffective? - ✔✔The brain needs time to combine and process
information
✔✔How do we know multitasking is bad for learning? - ✔✔It impairs decision-making
✔✔Why is the brain not like a computer? - ✔✔It oversimplifies brain complexity
✔✔What is a Vygotsky-aligned teaching strategy? - ✔✔Group discussions to promote
social learning
✔✔What strategy matches Erikson's trust vs. mistrust stage? - ✔✔Safe, loving
environment
✔✔What strategy fits Erikson's autonomy vs. shame/doubt stage? - ✔✔Offering choices
✔✔What to do during Erikson's initiative vs. guilt stage? - ✔✔Encourage independence
and leadership
✔✔What to do during Erikson's industry vs. inferiority stage? - ✔✔Offer constructive
feedback for efforts
✔✔What strategy suits Erikson's identity vs. role confusion stage? - ✔✔Discuss goals
and interests openly
✔✔Which Piaget stage values imaginative play? - ✔✔Preoperational (ages 2-7)
, ✔✔Which Piaget stage involves abstract thinking? - ✔✔Formal operational (12+)
✔✔Which Piaget stage supports logical thinking with concrete info? - ✔✔Concrete
operational (7-11)
✔✔Which learning theory is shown by using rewards/stars? - ✔✔Behaviorism
✔✔Which theory supports goal setting and personal growth? - ✔✔Humanism
✔✔Which theory is shown by using rhymes to remember content? - ✔✔Cognitivism
✔✔Which theory underlies real-world group problem-solving? - ✔✔Constructivism
✔✔Which learning theory uses songs and repetition? - ✔✔Behaviorism
✔✔What theory supports freedom of topic selection for projects? - ✔✔Humanism
✔✔Using graphic organizers before writing reflects which theory? - ✔✔Cognitivism
✔✔What is a constructivist teaching example? - ✔✔Connect new concepts to prior
knowledge
✔✔What is a Bloom's-aligned activity with bias? - ✔✔Analyze bias after learning to
identify it
✔✔Which assignment fits constructivism? - ✔✔Hands-on active projects
✔✔ What is neuroplasticity? - ✔✔The brain's ability to rewire with learning.
✔✔What are Piaget's four stages of cognitive development? - ✔✔Sensorimotor (0-2),
Preoperational (2-7), Concrete Operational (7-11), Formal Operational (12+).
✔✔What does Vygotsky's ZPD mean? - ✔✔The Zone of Proximal Development is the
range of tasks a learner can perform with guidance but not yet independently.
✔✔What is retrieval practice? - ✔✔A strategy where learners recall information to
strengthen memory and learning.
✔✔Define metacognition. - ✔✔Thinking about one's own thinking; awareness and
regulation of learning processes.
✔✔What part of the brain is key to attention and executive functioning? - ✔✔The
prefrontal cortex.
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which neuroscience concept disproves multitasking? - ✔✔Limited brain capacity
✔✔Which concept refutes the myth of normality? - ✔✔Neurodiversity
✔✔Which concept refutes the myth of the brain as a computer? - ✔✔Embodied mind
✔✔Which study habit fights the myth of cramming? - ✔✔Distributed (spaced) practice
✔✔How to counteract the myth of normality in teaching? - ✔✔Use varied instructional
methods
✔✔How to fight cognitive rigidity? - ✔✔Help students face challenges with enthusiasm
✔✔How to refute "brain as computer" in class? - ✔✔Use physical activities in learning
✔✔Why is cramming ineffective? - ✔✔The brain needs time to combine and process
information
✔✔How do we know multitasking is bad for learning? - ✔✔It impairs decision-making
✔✔Why is the brain not like a computer? - ✔✔It oversimplifies brain complexity
✔✔What is a Vygotsky-aligned teaching strategy? - ✔✔Group discussions to promote
social learning
✔✔What strategy matches Erikson's trust vs. mistrust stage? - ✔✔Safe, loving
environment
✔✔What strategy fits Erikson's autonomy vs. shame/doubt stage? - ✔✔Offering choices
✔✔What to do during Erikson's initiative vs. guilt stage? - ✔✔Encourage independence
and leadership
✔✔What to do during Erikson's industry vs. inferiority stage? - ✔✔Offer constructive
feedback for efforts
✔✔What strategy suits Erikson's identity vs. role confusion stage? - ✔✔Discuss goals
and interests openly
✔✔Which Piaget stage values imaginative play? - ✔✔Preoperational (ages 2-7)
, ✔✔Which Piaget stage involves abstract thinking? - ✔✔Formal operational (12+)
✔✔Which Piaget stage supports logical thinking with concrete info? - ✔✔Concrete
operational (7-11)
✔✔Which learning theory is shown by using rewards/stars? - ✔✔Behaviorism
✔✔Which theory supports goal setting and personal growth? - ✔✔Humanism
✔✔Which theory is shown by using rhymes to remember content? - ✔✔Cognitivism
✔✔Which theory underlies real-world group problem-solving? - ✔✔Constructivism
✔✔Which learning theory uses songs and repetition? - ✔✔Behaviorism
✔✔What theory supports freedom of topic selection for projects? - ✔✔Humanism
✔✔Using graphic organizers before writing reflects which theory? - ✔✔Cognitivism
✔✔What is a constructivist teaching example? - ✔✔Connect new concepts to prior
knowledge
✔✔What is a Bloom's-aligned activity with bias? - ✔✔Analyze bias after learning to
identify it
✔✔Which assignment fits constructivism? - ✔✔Hands-on active projects
✔✔ What is neuroplasticity? - ✔✔The brain's ability to rewire with learning.
✔✔What are Piaget's four stages of cognitive development? - ✔✔Sensorimotor (0-2),
Preoperational (2-7), Concrete Operational (7-11), Formal Operational (12+).
✔✔What does Vygotsky's ZPD mean? - ✔✔The Zone of Proximal Development is the
range of tasks a learner can perform with guidance but not yet independently.
✔✔What is retrieval practice? - ✔✔A strategy where learners recall information to
strengthen memory and learning.
✔✔Define metacognition. - ✔✔Thinking about one's own thinking; awareness and
regulation of learning processes.
✔✔What part of the brain is key to attention and executive functioning? - ✔✔The
prefrontal cortex.
