WGU D199 PAPER ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Gesell's Maturational Theory - ✔✔Child's growth & development are influenced by
both their environment and genes in sequential order
✔✔Infancy - ✔✔The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between 18
and 24 months. Dozens of motor skills are added.
✔✔Early Childhood - ✔✔The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old. Improvements
occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
✔✔Middle Childhood - ✔✔The stage of development from 6 - 10 years old. Slow but
steady gains in weight and height.
✔✔Adolescence - ✔✔The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight and
height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
✔✔Jean Piaget - ✔✔Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
✔✔Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ✔✔Theory that suggests children move
through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete
Operational, and Formal Operational.
✔✔Sensorimotor Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants and
toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects.
✔✔Object Permanence - ✔✔The understanding that objects continue to exist even
when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
, ✔✔Preoperational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
✔✔Concrete Operational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from 7 to 11 years. Logical
thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
✔✔Formal Operational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development for 12 years and up. Abstract
thought begins. Higher order thinking and ability to systematically plan for future.
✔✔Schema - ✔✔Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the
world. An organized pattern of behavior or thought.
✔✔Assimilation - ✔✔Process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be
placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
✔✔Accomodation - ✔✔Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in order to
accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
✔✔Equilibration - ✔✔The attempt to strike a balance between assimilation and
accommodation. The tendency to organize schemas.
✔✔Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development - ✔✔Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural
theory that emphasized the important role of social interactions in the development of
children's cognition.
✔✔Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ✔✔The place where the most sensitive
instruction or guidance should be given. It is the link between what we can do and what
we can't do.
✔✔More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - ✔✔Someone who has a better understanding
or a higher ability level than the learner.
✔✔Vygotsky's Social Approach to Language Development - ✔✔Language develops
through social interactions.
✔✔Bandura's Social Learning Theory - ✔✔Learning occurs through observation and
modeling.
✔✔3 Types of Modeling - ✔✔Live models, direct instruction, and symbolic instruction.
✔✔Carol Gilligan's Theory of Gender and Moral Development - ✔✔Based her work on
Kohlberg's theories, but states gender might influence ethical development.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Gesell's Maturational Theory - ✔✔Child's growth & development are influenced by
both their environment and genes in sequential order
✔✔Infancy - ✔✔The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between 18
and 24 months. Dozens of motor skills are added.
✔✔Early Childhood - ✔✔The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old. Improvements
occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
✔✔Middle Childhood - ✔✔The stage of development from 6 - 10 years old. Slow but
steady gains in weight and height.
✔✔Adolescence - ✔✔The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight and
height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
✔✔Jean Piaget - ✔✔Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
✔✔Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ✔✔Theory that suggests children move
through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete
Operational, and Formal Operational.
✔✔Sensorimotor Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants and
toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects.
✔✔Object Permanence - ✔✔The understanding that objects continue to exist even
when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
, ✔✔Preoperational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
✔✔Concrete Operational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development from 7 to 11 years. Logical
thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
✔✔Formal Operational Stage - ✔✔Stage of development for 12 years and up. Abstract
thought begins. Higher order thinking and ability to systematically plan for future.
✔✔Schema - ✔✔Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the
world. An organized pattern of behavior or thought.
✔✔Assimilation - ✔✔Process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be
placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
✔✔Accomodation - ✔✔Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in order to
accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
✔✔Equilibration - ✔✔The attempt to strike a balance between assimilation and
accommodation. The tendency to organize schemas.
✔✔Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development - ✔✔Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural
theory that emphasized the important role of social interactions in the development of
children's cognition.
✔✔Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ✔✔The place where the most sensitive
instruction or guidance should be given. It is the link between what we can do and what
we can't do.
✔✔More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - ✔✔Someone who has a better understanding
or a higher ability level than the learner.
✔✔Vygotsky's Social Approach to Language Development - ✔✔Language develops
through social interactions.
✔✔Bandura's Social Learning Theory - ✔✔Learning occurs through observation and
modeling.
✔✔3 Types of Modeling - ✔✔Live models, direct instruction, and symbolic instruction.
✔✔Carol Gilligan's Theory of Gender and Moral Development - ✔✔Based her work on
Kohlberg's theories, but states gender might influence ethical development.
