WGU Educational Psychology and Development
of Children and Adolescents - D094 with
complete solution
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - (correct answer) -Graph that shows that individuals must satisfy a basic
series of needs before they can reach their full potential.
Maslows needs level 2 - (correct answer) -Safety and security ( Place to live, physical or financial safety
Maslows needs level 3 - (correct answer) -Love and acceptance. Love and belonging needs involve
interpersonal relationships—friendships, intimacy, trust, romance and love, and being part of a group.
MAslows needs level 4 - (correct answer) -Esteem Esteem needs include self-respect, respect from
others, achievement, independence, status, and prestige.
Maslows needs level 5 - (correct answer) -Self- actualizations personal growth and fulfillment and the
realization of one's personal potential as a human being (as Maslow put it—a desire "to become
everything one is capable of becoming.")
Piaget Theory Stage 1 - (correct answer) -0-2 years old Sensorimotor stage. Using there senses and very
active. Learn Object permanence
Piaget theory stage 2 - (correct answer) -2- 7 years old preoperational good at pretend play and
egocentric
Piaget theory stage 3 - (correct answer) -7-11 years old Concrete operational, conservation (Water
doesn't change in different glass) Children reason math
Schema - (correct answer) -A group of thoughts children use to categorize things. ( knowing a horse is
big and has four legs, so when they saw a cow called it a horse)
Vygotsky - (correct answer) -Socioculture development. SOCIAl interaction between children and those
around them and their cognition. Varies across cultures
, Elementary Mental Functions - (correct answer) -having a tutor
Attention, sensory, perception, memory
Higher mental function - (correct answer) -Becoming indpendent
More knowledgable other - (correct answer) -Vygotsky said children needed someone in order to show
them
Zone of proximal development - (correct answer) -phase of learning during which children can benefit
from instruction (When the child is actually learning)
Vygotsky on language - (correct answer) -Private speech or internal speech aids in development.
Language is an accelerator for thinking and understanding. Watching and learning language form others.
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development - (correct answer) -theory, people experience
Erikson Stage - (correct answer) -infant-trust vs mistrust
toddler (1-3) autonomy vs shame
preschool-initiative vs guilt
school=industry vs inferiority
adolescent-identity vs role confusion
Bandura theory of model learning - (correct answer) -emphasizes the importance of observing,
modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. Social learning
theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to influence human learning
and behavior.
Bandura: How many models did he use and what were they - (correct answer) -ive (with a live
demonstration or model), verbal (in which the action or behavior is described), and symbolic (in which a
behavior is modeled through characters in media).
Kohlberg - (correct answer) -theorist who claimed individuals went through a series of stages in the
process of moral development.
Carol Gilligan - (correct answer) -moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and
women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on
relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely different, not better or worse
Noam Chomsky - (correct answer) -theorist who believed that humans have an inborn or "native"
propensity to develop language ( Language acquisition device)
B.F. Skinner - (correct answer) -Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning Imitating
others. Positive response to reinforce. (e.g., seeing a sibling ask for an apple and then asking for one)
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