WGU D307 OA EXAM 2025 NEWEST D307 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
OA ACTUAL EXAM 90 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWER
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Maslow Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid repre-
senting heirarchy of human needs
2. Piaget theorist that developed a series of stages in which an in-
dividual passes during cognitive development; associated
with constructivism
3. Vygotsky theorist focused on the social world of people when ex-
plaining cognitive development; associated with construc-
tivism
4. Erikson theorist who studied psychosocial development across the
lifespan
5. Bandura Theorist who focused on observational learning; famous
for the Bobo doll experiment; active in social-cognitive
theory
6. Kohlberg theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of
stages in the process of moral development.
7. Gilligan theorist who examined moral differences between boys
and girls based on social rules and on ethic of caring and
responsibility; critical of Kohlberg
8. Skinner theorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning;
associated with behaviorism
9. Chomsky theorist who formed the Universal Grammar theory; asso-
ciated with language development
10. Spearman theorist who proposed a theory of general intelligence (IQ)
measured by 'g factor')
11. Gardner theorist who wanted to broaden definition of intelligence;
created 8 types of intelligence
12. Thurnstone
, WGU D307 OA EXAM 2025
theorist who proposed multiple primary mental abilities as
a way to define intelligence
13. Sternberg theorist who developed triarchic theory of intelligence
14. Rogers theorist who expanded on Maslow's concepts; associated
with humanism
15. Bloom theorist who developed taxonomy of cognitive processes
16. Maslow's Hierar- (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security,
chy of Needs (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self
Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
17. Schema a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of
the world
18. Assimilation interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
schemas
19. Accommodation adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incor-
porate new information
20. Equilibration the process by which children (or other people) balance
assimilation and accommodation to create stable under-
standing
21. Zone of Proxi- The gap between what a learner can accomplish alone
mal Development and what he or she can achieve with guidance from more
(ZPD) skilled partners.
22. Vygotsky's 3 Social Speech (to others), Private Speech (to self), and
Types of Lan- Silent Inner Speech (associated with self-regulation)
guage
23. Observational learning by observing others; the three types are live (live
Learning (3 demonstration), verbal (verbal instructions), and symbolic
types) (e.g. narrative lesson)
OA ACTUAL EXAM 90 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWER
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Maslow Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid repre-
senting heirarchy of human needs
2. Piaget theorist that developed a series of stages in which an in-
dividual passes during cognitive development; associated
with constructivism
3. Vygotsky theorist focused on the social world of people when ex-
plaining cognitive development; associated with construc-
tivism
4. Erikson theorist who studied psychosocial development across the
lifespan
5. Bandura Theorist who focused on observational learning; famous
for the Bobo doll experiment; active in social-cognitive
theory
6. Kohlberg theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of
stages in the process of moral development.
7. Gilligan theorist who examined moral differences between boys
and girls based on social rules and on ethic of caring and
responsibility; critical of Kohlberg
8. Skinner theorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning;
associated with behaviorism
9. Chomsky theorist who formed the Universal Grammar theory; asso-
ciated with language development
10. Spearman theorist who proposed a theory of general intelligence (IQ)
measured by 'g factor')
11. Gardner theorist who wanted to broaden definition of intelligence;
created 8 types of intelligence
12. Thurnstone
, WGU D307 OA EXAM 2025
theorist who proposed multiple primary mental abilities as
a way to define intelligence
13. Sternberg theorist who developed triarchic theory of intelligence
14. Rogers theorist who expanded on Maslow's concepts; associated
with humanism
15. Bloom theorist who developed taxonomy of cognitive processes
16. Maslow's Hierar- (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security,
chy of Needs (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self
Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization
17. Schema a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of
the world
18. Assimilation interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
schemas
19. Accommodation adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incor-
porate new information
20. Equilibration the process by which children (or other people) balance
assimilation and accommodation to create stable under-
standing
21. Zone of Proxi- The gap between what a learner can accomplish alone
mal Development and what he or she can achieve with guidance from more
(ZPD) skilled partners.
22. Vygotsky's 3 Social Speech (to others), Private Speech (to self), and
Types of Lan- Silent Inner Speech (associated with self-regulation)
guage
23. Observational learning by observing others; the three types are live (live
Learning (3 demonstration), verbal (verbal instructions), and symbolic
types) (e.g. narrative lesson)
