WGU D665 STUDY EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - ✔✔0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during the first year
of life, infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner
✔✔object permanence - ✔✔the awareness that things continue to exist even when not
perceived
✔✔sensorimotor stage - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of
age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions
and motor activities
✔✔Vygotsky's Theory - ✔✔emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide
cognitive development
✔✔Whole Body Listening - ✔✔Idea that the whole body (eyes, ears, mouth,
hands, feet, bottom, and brain) needs to be focused on the group in order to
listen and show you are listening.
✔✔Most advanced level of Maslow hierarchy of needs? - ✔✔Self actualization
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔(level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5)
Self Actualization
✔✔Humanism - ✔✔An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and
achievements
✔✔embodied mind perspective - ✔✔connection between the body, mind, and
environment
✔✔Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) - ✔✔Refers to the development of
competencies for recognizing and managing emotions, developing care and concern for
others, establishing positive relationships, making responsible decisions, and handling
challenging situations effectively.
✔✔Tabula Rasa Concept - ✔✔-the idea that people begin as "blank slates" and learn
everything they come to know through being taught by their environment.
-observable behaviors are less important
than the internal workings of the mind.
-learners are passive recipients of knowledge.
, ✔✔Multisensory Learning - ✔✔An instructional approach that combines auditory, visual,
and tactile elements into a learning task. Engages the learner and increases retention
by utilizing multiple input methods. Audio and video can often convey feelings and
subtle contexts of learning more effectively than other tools.
✔✔Brainstem - ✔✔responsible for automatic survival functions, regulated essential
body functions
✔✔limbic system function - ✔✔regulation of emotion; memory; appetite. Looks like
whale blue
✔✔Cerebellum - ✔✔Balance and coordination, back bottom neck of brain
✔✔Cerebrum - ✔✔Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body,
middle top of the brain
✔✔prefrontal cortex - ✔✔part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking, planning, and
language, forehead
✔✔Encoding - ✔✔the processing of information so that it can be stored. Sensory input
into a usable form.
✔✔storage - ✔✔the retention of encoded information over time
✔✔Retrieval - ✔✔the process of getting information out of memory storage. Feedback
✔✔Metacognition - ✔✔awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
✔✔feedback-driven metacognition - ✔✔using feedback from assessments and
evaluations to reflect on and regulate one's own learning strategies and understanding
✔✔Interleaving - ✔✔a retrieval practice strategy that involves mixing the study of
different topics.
✔✔Spacing - ✔✔Spreading out studying to shorter periods for greater encoding of
information.
✔✔retrieval practice - ✔✔Intentionally remembering stored information.
✔✔desirable difficulties - ✔✔a learning situation that is somewhat challenging, but not
too difficult
✔✔research-based practice - ✔✔the use of knowledge based on the results of research
studies
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - ✔✔0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during the first year
of life, infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner
✔✔object permanence - ✔✔the awareness that things continue to exist even when not
perceived
✔✔sensorimotor stage - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of
age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions
and motor activities
✔✔Vygotsky's Theory - ✔✔emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide
cognitive development
✔✔Whole Body Listening - ✔✔Idea that the whole body (eyes, ears, mouth,
hands, feet, bottom, and brain) needs to be focused on the group in order to
listen and show you are listening.
✔✔Most advanced level of Maslow hierarchy of needs? - ✔✔Self actualization
✔✔Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ✔✔(level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5)
Self Actualization
✔✔Humanism - ✔✔An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and
achievements
✔✔embodied mind perspective - ✔✔connection between the body, mind, and
environment
✔✔Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) - ✔✔Refers to the development of
competencies for recognizing and managing emotions, developing care and concern for
others, establishing positive relationships, making responsible decisions, and handling
challenging situations effectively.
✔✔Tabula Rasa Concept - ✔✔-the idea that people begin as "blank slates" and learn
everything they come to know through being taught by their environment.
-observable behaviors are less important
than the internal workings of the mind.
-learners are passive recipients of knowledge.
, ✔✔Multisensory Learning - ✔✔An instructional approach that combines auditory, visual,
and tactile elements into a learning task. Engages the learner and increases retention
by utilizing multiple input methods. Audio and video can often convey feelings and
subtle contexts of learning more effectively than other tools.
✔✔Brainstem - ✔✔responsible for automatic survival functions, regulated essential
body functions
✔✔limbic system function - ✔✔regulation of emotion; memory; appetite. Looks like
whale blue
✔✔Cerebellum - ✔✔Balance and coordination, back bottom neck of brain
✔✔Cerebrum - ✔✔Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body,
middle top of the brain
✔✔prefrontal cortex - ✔✔part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking, planning, and
language, forehead
✔✔Encoding - ✔✔the processing of information so that it can be stored. Sensory input
into a usable form.
✔✔storage - ✔✔the retention of encoded information over time
✔✔Retrieval - ✔✔the process of getting information out of memory storage. Feedback
✔✔Metacognition - ✔✔awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
✔✔feedback-driven metacognition - ✔✔using feedback from assessments and
evaluations to reflect on and regulate one's own learning strategies and understanding
✔✔Interleaving - ✔✔a retrieval practice strategy that involves mixing the study of
different topics.
✔✔Spacing - ✔✔Spreading out studying to shorter periods for greater encoding of
information.
✔✔retrieval practice - ✔✔Intentionally remembering stored information.
✔✔desirable difficulties - ✔✔a learning situation that is somewhat challenging, but not
too difficult
✔✔research-based practice - ✔✔the use of knowledge based on the results of research
studies
