WGU D307 OA EXAM / WGU D307
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM
AND STUDY GUIDE TEST BANK 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A
A teacher makes sure to say something positive to each student after
they give their speech in class. Which need is the teacher trying to
meet? - ...ANSWER...love and belonging
Children at this age need frequent opportunities for physical activity,
like a short walk to collect leaves to use in an art lesson or a "music
and march" time to begin the day. -
...ANSWER...preschool
You have noticed that a few of your preschool children do not seem to
be engaged with the outdoor play equipment. What can you do to make
the outdoor environment more appealing?
Place jump ropes outside. Have a
monkey bar set outside.
Support children as they create their own games.
Add bicycles to the toys outside. - ...ANSWER...Support children as
they create their own games.
,Thomas was saddened to see a big letter F on his latest math
test. Maslow would say Thomas is most likely deficient in
which need? - ...ANSWER...esteem
Mr. Jackson's 5th grade Language Arts students created
posters for a book they had read in class. After the posters
were finished, Mr. Jackson hung the posters on the wall for all
of the class to see. According to Maslow, hanging the posters
on the wall would fulfill which need? - ...ANSWER...esteem
At which stage do children make slow and steady height and
weight gains? - ...ANSWER...middle childhood
Mrs. Major jokes with her students that since they've all
grown by at least 3 to 5 inches since the start of the school
year they seem like different students. Given that her students
are growing at an average rate of 4 inches a year, Mrs.
Major's students are most likely in which age group? -
...ANSWER...adolescence
LaTonya is learning to sew and is becoming quite good at it.
LaTonya is most likely working at which stage of physical
development? - ...ANSWER...middle childhood
A student has become more concerned about her body image
and her relationships with her peers. The child is most likely
in which stage of physical development? -
...ANSWER...adolescence
A 4th grade teacher wants to give her students a science
lesson that will help to develop their thinking skills. What
activity would be most appropriate for students at this age,
according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
,Have students work on memorizing science vocabulary words
by working in pairs with flashcards.
Provide a short lesson on a science concept, and then have
students create a concept map to show the connections
between concepts.
Demonstrate a science experiment that each student will
complete, and then have them work on it, asking them
to identify questions they may have.
Assign students to groups to work on different science
experiments and have them create a hypothesis for what they
think the result will be. - ...ANSWER...Demonstrate a science
experiment that each student will complete, and then have
them work on it, asking them to identify questions they may
have.
You walk into a classroom and observe the teacher moving
children into heterogeneous groups of 4 or 5 to learn about
different types of clouds. Whose theory is the teacher
following? - ...ANSWER...Vygotsky
Organized patterns of actions and thoughts, such as kicking
a football or realizing that there are many different types of
footballs, or connecting memories of one family vacations
with other family vacations, are defined by Piaget as -
...ANSWER...schema
Su Ahn smiles a lot, responds to her own name, recognizes
herself in the mirror, and copies the actions of others.
What age range is she likely in? - ...ANSWER...Birth-
2years old
When you smile and talk back to your child in excitement
after they make a babbling noise that sounds like Mama or
, Dada, you are using the concept of from
Skinner's language development theory. -
...ANSWER...Reinforcement
A mother says to her three year old, "Oh no! You fell
down. Did you get an owie?" Vygotsky would categorize
this mother's conversation with her child as -
...ANSWER...Working in the child's zone of proximal
development
By age 7, children can be expected to: - ...ANSWER...Make
jokes or tease others
At what age can a child be expected to ask and answer
simple questions and use pronouns, plurals, and rhyming
words? -
...ANSWER...3-4 yrs
Children between the ages of 3 to 6 years of age can be
expected to: - ...ANSWER...Tell a story
At what age can children be expected to understand words of
order and time and to use sentences that have more than one
action word? - ...ANSWER...4-5 yrs
At what age can a child be expected to point to body parts and
to point to or name pictures in books? - ...ANSWER...1-2 yrs
Ms. Weils notices one of her students is having issues with a
memory deficit. When reading, the student often forgets what
happened at the beginning of a paragraph and only remembers
the end. In addition, while completing math problems, the
student tends to forget the second and third steps of the
sequence while working on the first step. What aspect of
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM
AND STUDY GUIDE TEST BANK 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A
A teacher makes sure to say something positive to each student after
they give their speech in class. Which need is the teacher trying to
meet? - ...ANSWER...love and belonging
Children at this age need frequent opportunities for physical activity,
like a short walk to collect leaves to use in an art lesson or a "music
and march" time to begin the day. -
...ANSWER...preschool
You have noticed that a few of your preschool children do not seem to
be engaged with the outdoor play equipment. What can you do to make
the outdoor environment more appealing?
Place jump ropes outside. Have a
monkey bar set outside.
Support children as they create their own games.
Add bicycles to the toys outside. - ...ANSWER...Support children as
they create their own games.
,Thomas was saddened to see a big letter F on his latest math
test. Maslow would say Thomas is most likely deficient in
which need? - ...ANSWER...esteem
Mr. Jackson's 5th grade Language Arts students created
posters for a book they had read in class. After the posters
were finished, Mr. Jackson hung the posters on the wall for all
of the class to see. According to Maslow, hanging the posters
on the wall would fulfill which need? - ...ANSWER...esteem
At which stage do children make slow and steady height and
weight gains? - ...ANSWER...middle childhood
Mrs. Major jokes with her students that since they've all
grown by at least 3 to 5 inches since the start of the school
year they seem like different students. Given that her students
are growing at an average rate of 4 inches a year, Mrs.
Major's students are most likely in which age group? -
...ANSWER...adolescence
LaTonya is learning to sew and is becoming quite good at it.
LaTonya is most likely working at which stage of physical
development? - ...ANSWER...middle childhood
A student has become more concerned about her body image
and her relationships with her peers. The child is most likely
in which stage of physical development? -
...ANSWER...adolescence
A 4th grade teacher wants to give her students a science
lesson that will help to develop their thinking skills. What
activity would be most appropriate for students at this age,
according to Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
,Have students work on memorizing science vocabulary words
by working in pairs with flashcards.
Provide a short lesson on a science concept, and then have
students create a concept map to show the connections
between concepts.
Demonstrate a science experiment that each student will
complete, and then have them work on it, asking them
to identify questions they may have.
Assign students to groups to work on different science
experiments and have them create a hypothesis for what they
think the result will be. - ...ANSWER...Demonstrate a science
experiment that each student will complete, and then have
them work on it, asking them to identify questions they may
have.
You walk into a classroom and observe the teacher moving
children into heterogeneous groups of 4 or 5 to learn about
different types of clouds. Whose theory is the teacher
following? - ...ANSWER...Vygotsky
Organized patterns of actions and thoughts, such as kicking
a football or realizing that there are many different types of
footballs, or connecting memories of one family vacations
with other family vacations, are defined by Piaget as -
...ANSWER...schema
Su Ahn smiles a lot, responds to her own name, recognizes
herself in the mirror, and copies the actions of others.
What age range is she likely in? - ...ANSWER...Birth-
2years old
When you smile and talk back to your child in excitement
after they make a babbling noise that sounds like Mama or
, Dada, you are using the concept of from
Skinner's language development theory. -
...ANSWER...Reinforcement
A mother says to her three year old, "Oh no! You fell
down. Did you get an owie?" Vygotsky would categorize
this mother's conversation with her child as -
...ANSWER...Working in the child's zone of proximal
development
By age 7, children can be expected to: - ...ANSWER...Make
jokes or tease others
At what age can a child be expected to ask and answer
simple questions and use pronouns, plurals, and rhyming
words? -
...ANSWER...3-4 yrs
Children between the ages of 3 to 6 years of age can be
expected to: - ...ANSWER...Tell a story
At what age can children be expected to understand words of
order and time and to use sentences that have more than one
action word? - ...ANSWER...4-5 yrs
At what age can a child be expected to point to body parts and
to point to or name pictures in books? - ...ANSWER...1-2 yrs
Ms. Weils notices one of her students is having issues with a
memory deficit. When reading, the student often forgets what
happened at the beginning of a paragraph and only remembers
the end. In addition, while completing math problems, the
student tends to forget the second and third steps of the
sequence while working on the first step. What aspect of
