WGUD664 LEARNERS AND
LEARNING SCIENCE: EXAM
2025/2026, WITH
CORRECT/ACCURATE ANSWERS
Piaget Sensorimoter Stage
Birth-2
Reflexive or active
Sucking
Grabbing
Looking
Listening
Crawling
Object permanence
Pre-frontal cortex
decision making, impulse control, emotional regulation, planning,
prioritizing tasks,
organization
Cerebrum
Thinking, reasoning, problem solving, processing information,
learning skills and high level thinking
Limbic system
Processing emotions memory formation and decision making
Cerebellum
Balance, coordination and motor control
, Brain stem
Regulation of essential body functions
Hippocampus
neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit
memories for storage
Encoding
The initial processing of information whose sensory input is
transformed into a form the brain can store and use.
Key terms: Deep thinking, Productive struggle, Collaboration,
Meaningful choice
Environment
Instruction techniques: Elaboration; mnemonic devices
Storage
retaining information over time
breaking information into chunks and grouping into categories
Key Terms: Physiological needs; supportive environment; spaced
content
Instruction techniques: Summarization; Visualization; Association:
Spaced Practice
Retrieving
The process of getting stored information when needed.
Key terms: Growth mindset: Effort and Strategy: Retrieval
practice
Instructional Techniques: Quizzes; Flashcards;
Practice tests; Peer teaching.
LEARNING SCIENCE: EXAM
2025/2026, WITH
CORRECT/ACCURATE ANSWERS
Piaget Sensorimoter Stage
Birth-2
Reflexive or active
Sucking
Grabbing
Looking
Listening
Crawling
Object permanence
Pre-frontal cortex
decision making, impulse control, emotional regulation, planning,
prioritizing tasks,
organization
Cerebrum
Thinking, reasoning, problem solving, processing information,
learning skills and high level thinking
Limbic system
Processing emotions memory formation and decision making
Cerebellum
Balance, coordination and motor control
, Brain stem
Regulation of essential body functions
Hippocampus
neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit
memories for storage
Encoding
The initial processing of information whose sensory input is
transformed into a form the brain can store and use.
Key terms: Deep thinking, Productive struggle, Collaboration,
Meaningful choice
Environment
Instruction techniques: Elaboration; mnemonic devices
Storage
retaining information over time
breaking information into chunks and grouping into categories
Key Terms: Physiological needs; supportive environment; spaced
content
Instruction techniques: Summarization; Visualization; Association:
Spaced Practice
Retrieving
The process of getting stored information when needed.
Key terms: Growth mindset: Effort and Strategy: Retrieval
practice
Instructional Techniques: Quizzes; Flashcards;
Practice tests; Peer teaching.
