WGU EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
D094 PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ Maslows Needs level 1. Answer: Physiological needs ( water, food)
◉ Maslows needs level 2. Answer: Safety and security ( Place to live,
physical or financial safety
◉ Maslows needs level 3. Answer: Love and acceptance. Love and
belonging needs involve interpersonal relationships—friendships,
intimacy, trust, romance and love, and being part of a group.
◉ MAslows needs level 4. Answer: Esteem Esteem needs include self-
respect, respect from others, achievement, independence, status, and
prestige.
◉ Maslows needs level 5. Answer: Self- actualizations personal growth
and fulfillment and the realization of one's personal potential as a human
being (as Maslow put it—a desire "to become everything one is capable
of becoming.")
◉ Piaget Theory Stage 1. Answer: 0-2 years old Sensorimotor stage.
Using there senses and very active. Learn Object permanence
, ◉ Piaget theory stage 2. Answer: 2- 7 years old preoperational good at
pretend play and egocentric
◉ Piaget theory stage 3. Answer: 7-11 years old Concrete operational,
conservation (Water doesn't change in different glass) Children reason
math
◉ Piaget stage 4. Answer: 12+ Formal observation. Moral reasoning,
knowing consequences, abstract
◉ Schema. Answer: A group of thoughts children use to categorize
things. ( knowing a horse is big and has four legs, so when they saw a
cow called it a horse)
◉ Vygotsky. Answer: Socioculture development. SOCIAl interaction
between children and those around them and their cognition. Varies
across cultures
◉ Elementary Mental Functions. Answer: having a tutor
Attention, sensory, perception, memory
◉ Higher mental function. Answer: Becoming indpendent
◉ More knowledgable other. Answer: Vygotsky said children needed
someone in order to show them
D094 PRACTICE SET 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
◉ Maslows Needs level 1. Answer: Physiological needs ( water, food)
◉ Maslows needs level 2. Answer: Safety and security ( Place to live,
physical or financial safety
◉ Maslows needs level 3. Answer: Love and acceptance. Love and
belonging needs involve interpersonal relationships—friendships,
intimacy, trust, romance and love, and being part of a group.
◉ MAslows needs level 4. Answer: Esteem Esteem needs include self-
respect, respect from others, achievement, independence, status, and
prestige.
◉ Maslows needs level 5. Answer: Self- actualizations personal growth
and fulfillment and the realization of one's personal potential as a human
being (as Maslow put it—a desire "to become everything one is capable
of becoming.")
◉ Piaget Theory Stage 1. Answer: 0-2 years old Sensorimotor stage.
Using there senses and very active. Learn Object permanence
, ◉ Piaget theory stage 2. Answer: 2- 7 years old preoperational good at
pretend play and egocentric
◉ Piaget theory stage 3. Answer: 7-11 years old Concrete operational,
conservation (Water doesn't change in different glass) Children reason
math
◉ Piaget stage 4. Answer: 12+ Formal observation. Moral reasoning,
knowing consequences, abstract
◉ Schema. Answer: A group of thoughts children use to categorize
things. ( knowing a horse is big and has four legs, so when they saw a
cow called it a horse)
◉ Vygotsky. Answer: Socioculture development. SOCIAl interaction
between children and those around them and their cognition. Varies
across cultures
◉ Elementary Mental Functions. Answer: having a tutor
Attention, sensory, perception, memory
◉ Higher mental function. Answer: Becoming indpendent
◉ More knowledgable other. Answer: Vygotsky said children needed
someone in order to show them
