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WGU PSYCH D094 OBJ. ASSESSMENT Y EXAM LATEST
UPDATE 2024\2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | GRADED A+
Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from birth to 2 years, motor activity
Pre-operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from 2 years to 7 years, development of
language, memory, and imagination (symbolically)
Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from 7 years to 11 years, logical
thinking
Formal Operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: adolescence to adulthood, abstract
thoughts
Physical Development - Answer: a developmental process that refers to the
physical growth of a person's body
Cognitive Development - Answer: the development of thinking, problem solving,
and memory
Piaget's Theory - Answer: Theory stating that children actively construct their
understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
Vygotsky's Theory - Answer: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes
how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development.
Erikson's Theory - Answer: Theory that proposes eight stages of human
development. Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts
individuals with a crisis that must be resolved.
Trust versus Mistrust
(Erikson) - Answer: Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where
their basic needs are met
Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - Answer: Erikson's second crisis of
psychosocial development. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of
self-rule over their actions and their bodies.
WGU PSYCH D094 OBJ. ASSESSMENT Y EXAM LATEST
UPDATE 2024\2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | GRADED A+
Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from birth to 2 years, motor activity
Pre-operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from 2 years to 7 years, development of
language, memory, and imagination (symbolically)
Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: from 7 years to 11 years, logical
thinking
Formal Operational Stage (Piaget) - Answer: adolescence to adulthood, abstract
thoughts
Physical Development - Answer: a developmental process that refers to the
physical growth of a person's body
Cognitive Development - Answer: the development of thinking, problem solving,
and memory
Piaget's Theory - Answer: Theory stating that children actively construct their
understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
Vygotsky's Theory - Answer: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes
how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development.
Erikson's Theory - Answer: Theory that proposes eight stages of human
development. Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts
individuals with a crisis that must be resolved.
Trust versus Mistrust
(Erikson) - Answer: Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where
their basic needs are met
Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - Answer: Erikson's second crisis of
psychosocial development. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of
self-rule over their actions and their bodies.
