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WGU D664 LEARNER AND LEARNING SCIENCE -OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT | EXPLORE LATEST COMPLETE SOLUTION
WITH 200 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED
1. Brainstem:
Before we are born controls basic functions (breathing and heart rate)
2. Limbic System:
Shortly after birth, continues to develop through adolescence controls emotions and
memory, helps us navigate social situations, regulate emotions and remember things.
3. Cerebellum:
Begins to develop early in life controls balance and coordination helps us performs tasks
like typing, writing, and sports
4. Cerebrum:
Extensive growth in childhood and adolescence the largest part of brain controls higher
cognitive function like thinking reasoning and problem solving.
5. Prefrontal cortex (frontal lobe):
Begins to progress through grade school controls impulse control, decision making, and
emotion regulation allows us to plan, organize, and prioritize
6. Neuroscience:
Study of the nervous system and brain
7. Curiosity:
Examine new information and resources on developmental topics.
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8. Evidence-Based Practice (EBP):
Analyze evidence based research and data for guidance in selection of practices and
interventions.
9. Cognition:
Mental processes involved in aquiring, processing, storing, and using info.
10. Neurodevelopment:
How the brain grows and changes
11. Mylenation:
Makes brain pathways stronger
12. Pruning:
Gets rid of brain pathways
13. Brain Development Timeline:
Prenatal (in womb) birth newborn (rapid growth) early childhood (pruning begins,
mylenation continues) adolescence (development continues especially in frontal lobe)
adulthood (development begins to slow)
14. True or False Cognition encompasses processes such as memory, perception, reasoning,
problem-solving, and decision-making.:
True
15. True or False The prefrontal cortex is responsible for balance, coordination, and motor
control.
False It's primarily involved in higher cognitive functions such as decision-making,
impulse control, and emotional regulation
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16. What is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) primarily used for?:
Mapping brain activity
17. Encoding:
Refers to the initial processing of information, where sensory input is transformed into a
form that the brain can store and use
18. Storage:
Involves retaining this encoded information over time
19. Retrieval:
Is the process of getting stored information when needed?
20. Feedback:
Plays a vital role in refining our learning strategies by providing information about our
performance, guiding future actions.
21. Metacognition:
Involves awareness and understanding of one's thinking processes, enabling learners to
monitor and regulate their learning effectively.
22. What are the 4 learning strategies?:
Retrieval practice spacing interleaving feedback-driven metacognition
23. Retrieval Practice:
Actively recalling information from memory, such as answering questions or completing
quizzes, which strengthens long-term retention (E.X. answering questions without notes)
24. Spacing:
WGU D664 LEARNER AND LEARNING SCIENCE -OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT | EXPLORE LATEST COMPLETE SOLUTION
WITH 200 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026 UPDATED
1. Brainstem:
Before we are born controls basic functions (breathing and heart rate)
2. Limbic System:
Shortly after birth, continues to develop through adolescence controls emotions and
memory, helps us navigate social situations, regulate emotions and remember things.
3. Cerebellum:
Begins to develop early in life controls balance and coordination helps us performs tasks
like typing, writing, and sports
4. Cerebrum:
Extensive growth in childhood and adolescence the largest part of brain controls higher
cognitive function like thinking reasoning and problem solving.
5. Prefrontal cortex (frontal lobe):
Begins to progress through grade school controls impulse control, decision making, and
emotion regulation allows us to plan, organize, and prioritize
6. Neuroscience:
Study of the nervous system and brain
7. Curiosity:
Examine new information and resources on developmental topics.
, PG|2
8. Evidence-Based Practice (EBP):
Analyze evidence based research and data for guidance in selection of practices and
interventions.
9. Cognition:
Mental processes involved in aquiring, processing, storing, and using info.
10. Neurodevelopment:
How the brain grows and changes
11. Mylenation:
Makes brain pathways stronger
12. Pruning:
Gets rid of brain pathways
13. Brain Development Timeline:
Prenatal (in womb) birth newborn (rapid growth) early childhood (pruning begins,
mylenation continues) adolescence (development continues especially in frontal lobe)
adulthood (development begins to slow)
14. True or False Cognition encompasses processes such as memory, perception, reasoning,
problem-solving, and decision-making.:
True
15. True or False The prefrontal cortex is responsible for balance, coordination, and motor
control.
False It's primarily involved in higher cognitive functions such as decision-making,
impulse control, and emotional regulation
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16. What is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) primarily used for?:
Mapping brain activity
17. Encoding:
Refers to the initial processing of information, where sensory input is transformed into a
form that the brain can store and use
18. Storage:
Involves retaining this encoded information over time
19. Retrieval:
Is the process of getting stored information when needed?
20. Feedback:
Plays a vital role in refining our learning strategies by providing information about our
performance, guiding future actions.
21. Metacognition:
Involves awareness and understanding of one's thinking processes, enabling learners to
monitor and regulate their learning effectively.
22. What are the 4 learning strategies?:
Retrieval practice spacing interleaving feedback-driven metacognition
23. Retrieval Practice:
Actively recalling information from memory, such as answering questions or completing
quizzes, which strengthens long-term retention (E.X. answering questions without notes)
24. Spacing:
