WGU D307 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS EXAM
NEW UPDATE CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⫸ Preconventional Answer: All about me
⫸ Conventional Answer: All about rules or laws
⫸ Postconventional Answer: All about others
⫸ Kohlberg Answer: Stages of Moral Development- Preconventional,
Conventional, Postconventional
⫸ Chomsky Answer: Theory of Universal Grammar- Innate/Biological
⫸ Babbling- 6 to 8 months Answer: Consonant-vowel combinations
(ba-ba, ma-ma)
⫸ Holophrastic- 9 to 18 months Answer: Single words represent a
sentence (up, juice, mine)
, ⫸ Two-Word- 18 to 24 months Answer: Mini sentences (doggy bark,
me play)
⫸ Telegraphic- 24 to 30 months Answer: Vocabulary increases. Use
mostly nouns and verbs, omits auxiliary words (Carrie want ball, I good
boy today)- early multiword stage
⫸ Later multiword stage- 30+ months Answer: 5+ word sentences,
fastest vocabulary increase. Sentences formed with improving grammar,
structure
⫸ Skinner Answer: Operant conditioning and language development-
children learn language based on reinforcement
⫸ Operant Conditioning and Language Development Answer: Children
learn language based on reinforcement, learn language through
imitating, prompting, shaping, they associate words with meanings,
correct utterances are positively reinforced- Skinner
⫸ Vygotsky Answer: Social approach to language development
⫸ Social Approach to Language Development Answer: language
develops through social interactions, children need interpersonal
interactions, Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), scaffolding (temp
support), Private speech (talking to yourself)
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS EXAM
NEW UPDATE CERTIFICATION REVIEW SET
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⫸ Preconventional Answer: All about me
⫸ Conventional Answer: All about rules or laws
⫸ Postconventional Answer: All about others
⫸ Kohlberg Answer: Stages of Moral Development- Preconventional,
Conventional, Postconventional
⫸ Chomsky Answer: Theory of Universal Grammar- Innate/Biological
⫸ Babbling- 6 to 8 months Answer: Consonant-vowel combinations
(ba-ba, ma-ma)
⫸ Holophrastic- 9 to 18 months Answer: Single words represent a
sentence (up, juice, mine)
, ⫸ Two-Word- 18 to 24 months Answer: Mini sentences (doggy bark,
me play)
⫸ Telegraphic- 24 to 30 months Answer: Vocabulary increases. Use
mostly nouns and verbs, omits auxiliary words (Carrie want ball, I good
boy today)- early multiword stage
⫸ Later multiword stage- 30+ months Answer: 5+ word sentences,
fastest vocabulary increase. Sentences formed with improving grammar,
structure
⫸ Skinner Answer: Operant conditioning and language development-
children learn language based on reinforcement
⫸ Operant Conditioning and Language Development Answer: Children
learn language based on reinforcement, learn language through
imitating, prompting, shaping, they associate words with meanings,
correct utterances are positively reinforced- Skinner
⫸ Vygotsky Answer: Social approach to language development
⫸ Social Approach to Language Development Answer: language
develops through social interactions, children need interpersonal
interactions, Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), scaffolding (temp
support), Private speech (talking to yourself)
