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WGU D094 Educational Psychology and Development of
Children and Adolescents Complete Solution
1. 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.
2. Maslow’s Needs level 1 - Correct answer Physiological needs ( water, food)
3. Maslow’s needs level 2 - Correct answer Safety and security ( Place to live,
physical or financial safety
4. Maslow’s 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.
5. Maslow’s needs level 4 - Correct answer Esteem needs include self-respect,
respect from others, achievement, independence, status, and prestige.
6. Maslow’s 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.")
7. Piaget Theory Stage 1 - Correct answer 0-2 years old Sensorimotor stage.
Using their senses and very active. Learn Object permanence
8. Piaget theory stage 2 - Correct answer 2- 7 years old preoperational good at
pretend play and egocentric
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9. Piaget theory stage 3 - Correct answer 7-11 years old Concrete operational,
conservation (Water doesn't change in different glass) Children reason math
10. Piaget stage 4 - Correct answer 12+ Formal observation. Moral reasoning,
knowing consequences, abstract
11. 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)
12. Vygotsky - Correct answer sociocultural development. Social interaction
between children and those around them and their cognition. Varies across
cultures
13. Elementary Mental Functions - Correct answer having a tutor
14. Attention, sensory, perception, memory
15. Higher mental function - Correct answer Becoming independent
16. More knowledgeable other - Correct answer Vygotsky said children needed
someone in order to show them
17. Zone of proximal development - Correct answer phase of learning during
which children can benefit from instruction (When the child is actually learning)
18. 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.
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WGU D094 Educational Psychology and Development of
Children and Adolescents Complete Solution
1. 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.
2. Maslow’s Needs level 1 - Correct answer Physiological needs ( water, food)
3. Maslow’s needs level 2 - Correct answer Safety and security ( Place to live,
physical or financial safety
4. Maslow’s 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.
5. Maslow’s needs level 4 - Correct answer Esteem needs include self-respect,
respect from others, achievement, independence, status, and prestige.
6. Maslow’s 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.")
7. Piaget Theory Stage 1 - Correct answer 0-2 years old Sensorimotor stage.
Using their senses and very active. Learn Object permanence
8. Piaget theory stage 2 - Correct answer 2- 7 years old preoperational good at
pretend play and egocentric
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9. Piaget theory stage 3 - Correct answer 7-11 years old Concrete operational,
conservation (Water doesn't change in different glass) Children reason math
10. Piaget stage 4 - Correct answer 12+ Formal observation. Moral reasoning,
knowing consequences, abstract
11. 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)
12. Vygotsky - Correct answer sociocultural development. Social interaction
between children and those around them and their cognition. Varies across
cultures
13. Elementary Mental Functions - Correct answer having a tutor
14. Attention, sensory, perception, memory
15. Higher mental function - Correct answer Becoming independent
16. More knowledgeable other - Correct answer Vygotsky said children needed
someone in order to show them
17. Zone of proximal development - Correct answer phase of learning during
which children can benefit from instruction (When the child is actually learning)
18. 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.
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