WGU D665 LEARNER DEVELOPMENT AND THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ UPDATED FOR 2026- 2027.
What is feedback?
Timely, specific responses support growth.
Differentiation
Adjust instruction for readiness and need.
Brain-based strategies:
spacing, interleaving, feedback
Erikson's trust vs. mistrust (birth to 12 months)
• Provide love, care, and food
• Need comfort and safety
Erikson's autonomy vs shame and doubt (Ages 1-3)
• "Me Do" stage
• Need for
independence
• Insist on doing things on their own
• Dress myself
• Feed myself
• Independence and decision making
Erikson's initiative vs. guilt (ages 3-6)
• Exploration
• Trying new things on their own
• Asking lots of questions
Erikson's industry vs. Inferiority (ages 6-12)
• Intellectual curiosity
• School performance
• Need positive reinforcement
• Praise
• Avoid undue competition or criticism
, Erikson's identity vs. role confusion (ages 12-19)
-Develop a sense of self
-influenced by others' reactions
-Peers are more important than parents or teachers
-social role models
-figuring out what they want to do after high school
Piaget sensorimotor (0-2)
-grabbing
-sucking
-looking
-listening
-reflexive or active
Piaget preoperational (2-7)
• Play and pretend
• Symbolic thinking
• Language develops
• Forms many new schemes
• Egocentrism (focus on self, self-centered)
• Centration (focus on only one aspect at a time)
Piaget concrete operational (7-11)
• Need concrete, hands-on experiences
• Seriation
• Sorting
• Classification
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ UPDATED FOR 2026- 2027.
What is feedback?
Timely, specific responses support growth.
Differentiation
Adjust instruction for readiness and need.
Brain-based strategies:
spacing, interleaving, feedback
Erikson's trust vs. mistrust (birth to 12 months)
• Provide love, care, and food
• Need comfort and safety
Erikson's autonomy vs shame and doubt (Ages 1-3)
• "Me Do" stage
• Need for
independence
• Insist on doing things on their own
• Dress myself
• Feed myself
• Independence and decision making
Erikson's initiative vs. guilt (ages 3-6)
• Exploration
• Trying new things on their own
• Asking lots of questions
Erikson's industry vs. Inferiority (ages 6-12)
• Intellectual curiosity
• School performance
• Need positive reinforcement
• Praise
• Avoid undue competition or criticism
, Erikson's identity vs. role confusion (ages 12-19)
-Develop a sense of self
-influenced by others' reactions
-Peers are more important than parents or teachers
-social role models
-figuring out what they want to do after high school
Piaget sensorimotor (0-2)
-grabbing
-sucking
-looking
-listening
-reflexive or active
Piaget preoperational (2-7)
• Play and pretend
• Symbolic thinking
• Language develops
• Forms many new schemes
• Egocentrism (focus on self, self-centered)
• Centration (focus on only one aspect at a time)
Piaget concrete operational (7-11)
• Need concrete, hands-on experiences
• Seriation
• Sorting
• Classification
