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WGU D094 TEST 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS & A+ GRADED ANSWERS PASSED is officially known as Educational Psychology and Development of Children and Adolescents. It is a core course in many teaching and education degree programs at Western Governors University.

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WGU D094 TEST 1 REVIEW
QUESTIONS & A+ GRADED ANSWERS
PASSED
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 1 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Biological and
Physiological needs: basic life needs - air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 2 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Safety Needs: protection,
security, order, law, limits, stability, etc.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 3 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Belongingness and Love
needs: family, affection, relationships, work group, etc.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 4 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Esteem needs:
achievement, status, responsibility, reputation

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 5 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Cognitive needs:
knowledge, meaning, self-awareness

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 6 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Aesthetic needs: beauty,
balance, form, etc.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 7 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Self-actualization:
personal growth, self-fulfillment

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 8 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Transcendence: helping
others to self-actualize

Stages of Physical Development
INFANCY (Birth - 2 years) - Correct Answer ✔✔ INFANTS: hold heads up, roll over,
reach for things, sit, crawl, begin to walk, increased coordination, manipulate objects
with hands

BY AGE 2:
feed themselves with hands, jump and run awkwardly, throw a ball, pull a zipper down,
make a tower of blocks

Stages of Physical Development
EARLY CHILDHOOD (2 - 6 years) - Correct Answer ✔✔ TODDLERS: love to run, hop,
tumble, play, swing, jigsaw puzzles, string beads, fine motor skills begin developing

BY AGE 4: print name, eats with utensils, dress and undress self

,Stages of Physical Development
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (6 - 10 years) - Correct Answer ✔✔ slow, steady weight gain,
speed and coordination improve, begin organized sports

BY AGE 10: improved writing skills, engages in organized sports

Stages of Physical Development
ADOLESCENCE (10 - 18 years) - Correct Answer ✔✔ weight and heigh increase, girls
typically begin puberty before boys

BY LATE ADOLESCENCE:
boys are typically taller and more muscular than girls of the same age, girls' physical
growth slows, boys may grow into early adulthood

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
STAGE 1 - Correct Answer ✔✔ SENSIORIMOTOR
- Birth to 2 years
- Babies = 5 senses and gross motor skills. Objective permeance by the end of the
stage

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
STAGE 2 - Correct Answer ✔✔ PREOPERATIONAL
- 2 to 7 years
- Pre = Preschoolers = illogical, egocentric

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
STAGE 3 - Correct Answer ✔✔ CONCRETE OPERATIONAL
- 7 to 11 years
- Grade Schoolers = Factual. They like concrete hands-on activities

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
STAGE 4 - Correct Answer ✔✔ FORMAL OPERATIONAL
- 11 years and older
- Think abstractly and use hypotheses

The Basic Principles of Piaget's Theory - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Assimilation: New
information comes in and it is the same/similar to previous information. You just add to
your scheme. The s in assimilation stands for the same.

- Accommodation: New information comes in and is different than previous schemes.
You have to change your scheme. The c in accommodation stands for change.

MKO (Vygotsky) - Correct Answer ✔✔ More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - According
to Vygotsky we learn through socialization with a More Knowledgeable Other (an adult,
older child, or more knowledgeable peer).

, Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Zone of Proximal
Development - The just right place to teach a child. Not too hard, not too easy. They
need a little support (scaffolding) from the teacher. Think of first and second grade
reading groups - these groups are placing the students in their zone of proximal
development.

Scaffolding (Vygotsky) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Scaffolding - Supporting the students in
their learning. Asking leading questions, providing hints, clues, without directly giving
students the answer.

3 Types of Speech (Vygotsky) - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1. Social Speech - When we talk to
others
2. Private Speech - When we talk out loud to ourselves. This occurs between ages 3-7.
A child cannot speak quietly inside his/her head.
3. Silent Inner Speech - When we talk inside our head. No one can hear our private
inner thoughts.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
TRUST VS. MISTRUST - Correct Answer ✔✔ (birth to 1 year) - Learning that a care
giver will meet the baby's needs

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
AUTONOMY VS. SHAME AND DOUBT - Correct Answer ✔✔ (1 to 3 years) - The me
do stage - Pick this choice when the child insists on doing something in the scenario.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
INITIATIVE VS. GUILT - Correct Answer ✔✔ (3 to 6 years) - Pick this choice when the
scenario mentions exploration.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY - Correct Answer ✔✔ (6 - 12 years - grade schoolers) At
this stage we want to provide positive reinforcement to students. Focus on their
strengths. Help everyone to be successful.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
IDENTITY VS. ROLE CONFUSION - Correct Answer ✔✔ (12 - 18 years -middle and
high schoolers) The adolescents is trying to figure out what they want to do with their
lives.

Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
INTIMACY VS. ISOLATION - Correct Answer ✔✔ (20s through early 40s)- Finding a
partner and friends. Having people, you can count on and not feeling alone.

Bandura's Theory of Observational and Modeling Learning - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Social Learning = Social Cognitivism

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