WGU D307- Educational Psychology and Human
Development of Children and Adolescents
Verified Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual
Frequently Tested Exam Questions With
Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. Vygotsky's Theory of language development - ANSWER Use of
sociocultural cognitive development to also learn language. Use of
scaffolding, ZPD, and MKO by interacting with others to learn language.
2. Babbling stage - ANSWER First stage of language development (0-11
months) when infants spontaneously utter various sounds at first unrelated
to the household language
3. Holophrastic stage - ANSWER Second stage of language development
(11-18 months) when children speak one-word sentences
4. Two-word stage - ANSWER Third stage of language development (18-30
months) during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements
5. Telegraphic stage - ANSWER Last stage of language development
(starting at 24 months) simple sentences. Use of 3 or more words.
, 6. 2-3 years old - ANSWER At what age does a child understand
opposites?
7. 3-4 years old - ANSWER Child can articulate pronouns, plurals, and can
rhyme
8. 4-5 years old - ANSWER Child can use order, time, and action words
9. 5-6 years old - ANSWER Child can tell stories
10. 7-8 years old - ANSWER Child can make jokes and tease
11. 8-10 years old - ANSWER Child can express opinions
12. 11-18 years old - ANSWER Child can use figurative language
13. Cognitive development - ANSWER The development of thinking,
reasoning, problem solving, and understanding
17. Cognitive development/ learning barriers - ANSWER -Learning disabilities-
dyslexia, dyscalculia( difficulty with numbers/math), dysgraphia( difficulty writing),
auditory processing deficit/disorder( difficulty processing auditory info), visual
processing deficit/ disorder (difficulty understanding visual info), executive
functioning deficits
,-intellectual disabilities- can't live independently, Iq below 70, causes are genetic
issues, birth issues, health probs. Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome,
environmental causes
-ADHD: hyper, impulsive, difficulty focusing, poor working memory, disorganized
-TBI: inability to recall, effects speech, personality change, etc
-Autism: spectrum, challenges are social skills, language, communication, sensory
processing issues
18. Physical development - ANSWER The development of fine/gross motor
skills
19. Schema - ANSWER Basic building blocks
20. Scheme - ANSWER An organized behavior of thought
21. Assimilation - ANSWER Info is the same or similar to previous schemas
22. Accomodation - ANSWER Schema must be Created or Changed
23. Equilibrium - ANSWER When assimilation or accommodation is successful
24. Disequilibrium - ANSWER New info comes in and you don't know what to
do with it.
, 25. Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms
of their 5 senses and motor skills to learn: goal is object permanence by end of
stage
Preoperational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 2-7
(Pre for Preschoolers) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet
comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic: illogical, think symbolically,
facts and egocentric
Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 7-11
(grade schoolers) children gain the mental operations that enable them to think
logically about concrete events: understand conservation, factual, logical thinkers,
like concrete/hands on activities
- use math manipulative (fractions)
Formal Operational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 12 and up
(middle and high schoolers/ these ages go to formal dances) during which people
begin to think logically about abstract concepts: are able to create/ understand
metaphors and hypotheses
Can think beyond the literal
A teacher asked children of different agaes this question: "what would it be like if
humans had gills and lived underwater?" Which answer is characteristic of a child
in the formal operational stage?
Development of Children and Adolescents
Verified Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual
Frequently Tested Exam Questions With
Reviewed 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. Vygotsky's Theory of language development - ANSWER Use of
sociocultural cognitive development to also learn language. Use of
scaffolding, ZPD, and MKO by interacting with others to learn language.
2. Babbling stage - ANSWER First stage of language development (0-11
months) when infants spontaneously utter various sounds at first unrelated
to the household language
3. Holophrastic stage - ANSWER Second stage of language development
(11-18 months) when children speak one-word sentences
4. Two-word stage - ANSWER Third stage of language development (18-30
months) during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements
5. Telegraphic stage - ANSWER Last stage of language development
(starting at 24 months) simple sentences. Use of 3 or more words.
, 6. 2-3 years old - ANSWER At what age does a child understand
opposites?
7. 3-4 years old - ANSWER Child can articulate pronouns, plurals, and can
rhyme
8. 4-5 years old - ANSWER Child can use order, time, and action words
9. 5-6 years old - ANSWER Child can tell stories
10. 7-8 years old - ANSWER Child can make jokes and tease
11. 8-10 years old - ANSWER Child can express opinions
12. 11-18 years old - ANSWER Child can use figurative language
13. Cognitive development - ANSWER The development of thinking,
reasoning, problem solving, and understanding
17. Cognitive development/ learning barriers - ANSWER -Learning disabilities-
dyslexia, dyscalculia( difficulty with numbers/math), dysgraphia( difficulty writing),
auditory processing deficit/disorder( difficulty processing auditory info), visual
processing deficit/ disorder (difficulty understanding visual info), executive
functioning deficits
,-intellectual disabilities- can't live independently, Iq below 70, causes are genetic
issues, birth issues, health probs. Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome,
environmental causes
-ADHD: hyper, impulsive, difficulty focusing, poor working memory, disorganized
-TBI: inability to recall, effects speech, personality change, etc
-Autism: spectrum, challenges are social skills, language, communication, sensory
processing issues
18. Physical development - ANSWER The development of fine/gross motor
skills
19. Schema - ANSWER Basic building blocks
20. Scheme - ANSWER An organized behavior of thought
21. Assimilation - ANSWER Info is the same or similar to previous schemas
22. Accomodation - ANSWER Schema must be Created or Changed
23. Equilibrium - ANSWER When assimilation or accommodation is successful
24. Disequilibrium - ANSWER New info comes in and you don't know what to
do with it.
, 25. Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms
of their 5 senses and motor skills to learn: goal is object permanence by end of
stage
Preoperational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 2-7
(Pre for Preschoolers) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet
comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic: illogical, think symbolically,
facts and egocentric
Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 7-11
(grade schoolers) children gain the mental operations that enable them to think
logically about concrete events: understand conservation, factual, logical thinkers,
like concrete/hands on activities
- use math manipulative (fractions)
Formal Operational Stage (Piaget) - ANSWER Ages 12 and up
(middle and high schoolers/ these ages go to formal dances) during which people
begin to think logically about abstract concepts: are able to create/ understand
metaphors and hypotheses
Can think beyond the literal
A teacher asked children of different agaes this question: "what would it be like if
humans had gills and lived underwater?" Which answer is characteristic of a child
in the formal operational stage?
