WGU Educational Psych D094 Exam Study Questions with Verified Answers 2024

Physical Development: Infants - * Hold up heads * Roll over * Reach for things * Sit * Crawl * Begin to Walk * Increased coordination * Manipulate objects with hands Physical Development: By Age 2 - * Feed themselves with hands * Jump & run awkwardly * Throw ball * Use zipper * Make tower of blocks Physical Development: Toddlers - *Love to run * Hop * Tumble * Play * Swing * Fine motor skills developing * Can string beads * Do jigsaw puzzles Physical Development: By Age 4 - * Print name * Dress and undress self * Eat with utensils Physical Development: Middle Childhood: 6-10 Years - * Slow, steady weight gain * Speed and coordination improve * Begin organized sports * Refinement of fine motor skills * Improved handwriting * Drawings more representational Physical Development: Adolescence: 10-18 Years - * Girls begin puberty earlier * Boys grow taller * Boys more muscular * Girls' physical growth slows * Boys physical growth continues * Reach sexual maturity At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes? - Primary school How does female growth differ than male growth during the adolescent stage? - Females usually complete physical growth before males Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood physical development stage? - Ties shoelaces Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle childhood physical development stage? - Refining of motor coordination Piaget - * scheme, schema * adaptation * assimilation, disequilibrium, equilibrium, & accommodation * Learn from interaction with peers and environment Vygotsky - * Scaffolding * Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) * More knowledgeable other (MKO) * Using language (as a mediator) ** explaining, giving examples, asking leading questions * Social & Cultural interactions important Piaget Stages - * Sensorimotor Stage * Preoperational Stage * Concrete Operational Stage * Formal Operational Stage Sensorimotor Stage - (Birth - 2 years) * Learn through movement and senses * Reflexive or active * Sucking