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WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Human Development of
Children and Adolescents OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2025-2026
PRACTICE TEST BANK WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS\LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026 !!!
decentration (Piaget) ability to think of more than one quality at a time
Social Development Theory Vygotsky
a branch of psychology that is concerned with
understanding and improving how students acquire a
Educational Psychology variety of capabilities through formal instruction in
classroom settings.
uses theory and research to understand the factors that affect
teaching and learning
How Will Learning about teaching is a complex enterprise, research can inform
Educational teachers, and professional coursework contributes to
Psychology Help You be a
competence
Better Teacher?
5 characteristics of scientific sampling, control, objectivity, publication, and replication
observation
"Teaching as an art" involves... beliefs, emotions, values, and flexibility
"Teaching as a science" Research provides a scientific basis for "artistic" teaching
means...
"Teaching as an Artistic combines science and art theories
Scholar"
1: ask useful
questions 2:
4 steps of Teaching as Inquiry
gathering
data
3: reflecting on (analyzing) what
you have learned 4: taking
action
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1. abilityto improvise and modify
2. know when to take advantage of an unexpected event
Characteristics of being a 3. communication emotions and interests in a
flexible teacher variety of ways (classroom management)
(Wasserman) 4. willingness and resourcefulness to work around
impediments not of your own doing (interruptions,
poor-quality textbooks, inadequate facilities, etc.)
Trust Versus Mistrust (Birth to One Year)
Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (Two to Three Years;
Preschool) Initiative Versus Guilt (Four to Five Years; Preschool
to Kindergarten)
Industry Versus Inferiority (Six to Eleven Years; Elementary to
Middle School)
1. Identify and explain
Erikson's Identity Versus Role Confusion (Twelve to Eighteen Years; Middle
psychosocial stages, Through High School)
with specific attention Intimacy Versus Isolation (Young Adulthood) Generativity Versus
on those stages that Stagnation (Middle Age) Integrity Versus Despair (Old Age)
occur from preK to the
end of high school.
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Set them up to be successful!
2. Identify at least 3 *base grades on realistic and attainable standards that
strategies to help students are worked out ahead of time and communicated to
develop a sense of industry the students
(you may also refer to *providing clear expectations as to what students
chapter 13, and don't should be able to do after a unit of instruction
forget to read the *designing lessons that are logical and meaningful
*using teaching methods that support effective learning
"Suggestions for Teaching!").
processes
1. identity diffusion
crisis: not yet commitment: weak
Not self-directed; disorganized, impulsive, low self-
esteem, alienated from parents; avoids getting
involved in schoolwork and interpersonal
relationships.
2.foreclosure
crisis: not yet Commitment: strong
Close-minded, authoritarian, low in anxiety; has
difficulty solving problems under stress; feels superior
to peers; more dependent on parents and other
authority
figures for guidance and approval than in other statuses.
3. Explain Marcia's 4 identity
3.moratorium
statuses.
crisis: partially experienced commitment: weak
Anxious, dissatisfied with school; changes major often,
daydreams, engages in
intense but short-lived relationships; may temporarily
reject parental and societal values.
4.identity achievement
crisis: fully experienced commitment: strong
Introspective; more planful, rational, and logical in
decision making than in other identity statuses; high
self-esteem; works effectively under stress; likely to
form close interpersonal relationships. Usually the last
identity status to emerge. Occurs over many years (10
or more) and only a small percentage of individuals will
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make it here.
Middle schoolers: most aren't in any category yet, those
few who are usually in diffusion or foreclosure.
Adolescents: stages ranked by adjustment- identity
achievement, moratorium/foreclosure, diffusion
6. Identify the role of Piaget: children are more likely to discuss, analyze, and debate with
social interaction and other children than adults. Needing to understand another's point
instruction in cognitive of view helps create new, more complex mental schemes.
development.
Compare and contrast Vygotsky:
Piaget's and Vygotsky's
beliefs concerning these
roles.
Piaget:
microworlds- Virtual learning allows students to engage
environments and collaborate with people not otherwise accessible
Vygotsky:
within technological environments, children can support each other's
8. Give two examples of
learning, and the scaffolding that occurs in such environments
technology
supports learners cognitively, affectively, and technologically
applied to Piaget and
two examples of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) telementoring
technology applied to
Vygotsky.
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WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Human Development of
Children and Adolescents OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2025-2026
PRACTICE TEST BANK WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS\LATEST UPDATE 2025-2026 !!!
decentration (Piaget) ability to think of more than one quality at a time
Social Development Theory Vygotsky
a branch of psychology that is concerned with
understanding and improving how students acquire a
Educational Psychology variety of capabilities through formal instruction in
classroom settings.
uses theory and research to understand the factors that affect
teaching and learning
How Will Learning about teaching is a complex enterprise, research can inform
Educational teachers, and professional coursework contributes to
Psychology Help You be a
competence
Better Teacher?
5 characteristics of scientific sampling, control, objectivity, publication, and replication
observation
"Teaching as an art" involves... beliefs, emotions, values, and flexibility
"Teaching as a science" Research provides a scientific basis for "artistic" teaching
means...
"Teaching as an Artistic combines science and art theories
Scholar"
1: ask useful
questions 2:
4 steps of Teaching as Inquiry
gathering
data
3: reflecting on (analyzing) what
you have learned 4: taking
action
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,9/3/25, 10:39 PM WGU Educational Psychology
1. abilityto improvise and modify
2. know when to take advantage of an unexpected event
Characteristics of being a 3. communication emotions and interests in a
flexible teacher variety of ways (classroom management)
(Wasserman) 4. willingness and resourcefulness to work around
impediments not of your own doing (interruptions,
poor-quality textbooks, inadequate facilities, etc.)
Trust Versus Mistrust (Birth to One Year)
Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt (Two to Three Years;
Preschool) Initiative Versus Guilt (Four to Five Years; Preschool
to Kindergarten)
Industry Versus Inferiority (Six to Eleven Years; Elementary to
Middle School)
1. Identify and explain
Erikson's Identity Versus Role Confusion (Twelve to Eighteen Years; Middle
psychosocial stages, Through High School)
with specific attention Intimacy Versus Isolation (Young Adulthood) Generativity Versus
on those stages that Stagnation (Middle Age) Integrity Versus Despair (Old Age)
occur from preK to the
end of high school.
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,9/3/25, 10:39 PM WGU Educational Psychology
Set them up to be successful!
2. Identify at least 3 *base grades on realistic and attainable standards that
strategies to help students are worked out ahead of time and communicated to
develop a sense of industry the students
(you may also refer to *providing clear expectations as to what students
chapter 13, and don't should be able to do after a unit of instruction
forget to read the *designing lessons that are logical and meaningful
*using teaching methods that support effective learning
"Suggestions for Teaching!").
processes
1. identity diffusion
crisis: not yet commitment: weak
Not self-directed; disorganized, impulsive, low self-
esteem, alienated from parents; avoids getting
involved in schoolwork and interpersonal
relationships.
2.foreclosure
crisis: not yet Commitment: strong
Close-minded, authoritarian, low in anxiety; has
difficulty solving problems under stress; feels superior
to peers; more dependent on parents and other
authority
figures for guidance and approval than in other statuses.
3. Explain Marcia's 4 identity
3.moratorium
statuses.
crisis: partially experienced commitment: weak
Anxious, dissatisfied with school; changes major often,
daydreams, engages in
intense but short-lived relationships; may temporarily
reject parental and societal values.
4.identity achievement
crisis: fully experienced commitment: strong
Introspective; more planful, rational, and logical in
decision making than in other identity statuses; high
self-esteem; works effectively under stress; likely to
form close interpersonal relationships. Usually the last
identity status to emerge. Occurs over many years (10
or more) and only a small percentage of individuals will
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make it here.
Middle schoolers: most aren't in any category yet, those
few who are usually in diffusion or foreclosure.
Adolescents: stages ranked by adjustment- identity
achievement, moratorium/foreclosure, diffusion
6. Identify the role of Piaget: children are more likely to discuss, analyze, and debate with
social interaction and other children than adults. Needing to understand another's point
instruction in cognitive of view helps create new, more complex mental schemes.
development.
Compare and contrast Vygotsky:
Piaget's and Vygotsky's
beliefs concerning these
roles.
Piaget:
microworlds- Virtual learning allows students to engage
environments and collaborate with people not otherwise accessible
Vygotsky:
within technological environments, children can support each other's
8. Give two examples of
learning, and the scaffolding that occurs in such environments
technology
supports learners cognitively, affectively, and technologically
applied to Piaget and
two examples of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) telementoring
technology applied to
Vygotsky.
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