Psychology D094 Module 6 Practice Questions and Answers
WGU Psych D094 Obj. Assessment – Questions With Solutions
1. Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget): from birth to 2 years, motor activity
2. Pre-operational Stage (Piaget): from 2 years to 7 years, development of lan-
guage, memory, and imagination (symbolically)
3. Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget): from 7 years to 11 years, logical thinking
4. Formal Operational Stage (Piaget): adolescence to adulthood, abstract
thoughts
5. Physical Development: a developmental process that refers to the physical
growth of a person's body
6. Cognitive Development: the development of thinking, problem solving, and
memory
7. Piaget's Theory: Theory stating that children actively construct their under-
standing of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
8. Vygotsky's Theory: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how cul-
ture and social interaction guide cognitive development.
9. Erikson's Theory: Theory that proposes eight stages of human development.
Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with
a crisis that must be resolved.
10. Trust versus Mistrust
(Erikson): Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where their basic
needs are met
11. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson): Erikson's second crisis of
psychosocial development. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of
self-rule over their actions and their bodies.
12. Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson): Pre-school children initiating activities and
asserting control.
13. Industry versus Inferiority (Erikson): The fourth of Erikson's eight psychoso-
cial crises, during which children attempt to master many skills, developing a sense
of themselves as either industrious or inferior, competent or incompetent.
14. Identity versus Role Confusion (Erikson): Erikson's term for the fifth stage
of development, in which the person tries to figure out "who am I?" but is confused
as to which of many possible roles to adopt
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Psychology D094 Module 6 Practice Questions and Answers
WGU Psych D094 Obj. Assessment – Questions With Solutions
1. Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget): from birth to 2 years, motor activity
2. Pre-operational Stage (Piaget): from 2 years to 7 years, development of lan-
guage, memory, and imagination (symbolically)
3. Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget): from 7 years to 11 years, logical thinking
4. Formal Operational Stage (Piaget): adolescence to adulthood, abstract
thoughts
5. Physical Development: a developmental process that refers to the physical
growth of a person's body
6. Cognitive Development: the development of thinking, problem solving, and
memory
7. Piaget's Theory: Theory stating that children actively construct their under-
standing of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
8. Vygotsky's Theory: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how cul-
ture and social interaction guide cognitive development.
9. Erikson's Theory: Theory that proposes eight stages of human development.
Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with
a crisis that must be resolved.
10. Trust versus Mistrust
(Erikson): Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where their basic
needs are met
11. Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson): Erikson's second crisis of
psychosocial development. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of
self-rule over their actions and their bodies.
12. Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson): Pre-school children initiating activities and
asserting control.
13. Industry versus Inferiority (Erikson): The fourth of Erikson's eight psychoso-
cial crises, during which children attempt to master many skills, developing a sense
of themselves as either industrious or inferior, competent or incompetent.
14. Identity versus Role Confusion (Erikson): Erikson's term for the fifth stage
of development, in which the person tries to figure out "who am I?" but is confused
as to which of many possible roles to adopt
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Psychology D094 Module 6 Practice Questions and Answers
