WGU D094 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
LATEST UPDATE 2024\2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+
Educational Psychology and Development of Children and Adolescents
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer: Popular motivational theory proposed by
Abraham Maslow in 1943.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Main Idea - Answer: Individuals must satisfy a basic
series of needs before they can reach their potential.
Maslow's Deficiency Needs - Answer: Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging,
and Esteem
Maslow's Growth Needs - Answer: Cognitive, Aesthetic, Self-Actualization,
Transcendence
Maslow's Physiological Need - Answer: Biological needs for survival, food, water,
shelter
Maslow's Safety Need - Answer: Protection from the elements, law and order,
financial security, and freedom from fear.
Maslow's Love and Belonging Need - Answer: Need for interpersonal
relationships - friendships, intimacy, being part of a group.
Maslow's Esteem Need - Answer: Self-respect, respect from others, achievement,
status, and prestige.
Maslow's Cognitive Need - Answer: Curiosity, knowledge, and intellectual
exploration
Maslow's Aesthetic Need - Answer: Need focuses on the search for and expression
of beauty and balance.
Maslow's Self-Actualization Need - Answer: Personal growth and fulfillment and
the realization of one's personal potential as a human being.
, Maslow's Transcendence Need - Answer: Meeting spiritual needs or helping others
achieve self-actualization.
Arnold Gesell - Answer: First theorist to observe and document stages of physical
development.
Gesell's Maturational Theory - Answer: Child's growth & development are
influenced by both their environment and genes in sequential order
Infancy - Answer: The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between
18 and 24 months. Dozens of motor skills are added.
Early Childhood - Answer: The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old.
Improvements occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
Middle Childhood - Answer: The stage of development from 6 - 10 years old.
Slow but steady gains in weight and height.
Adolescence - Answer: The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight
and height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
Jean Piaget - Answer: Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Answer: Theory that suggests
children move through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor,
Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational.
Sensorimotor Stage - Answer: Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants
and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating
objects.
Object Permanence - Answer: The understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
Preoperational Stage - Answer: Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
Concrete Operational Stage - Answer: Stage of development from 7 to 11 years.
Logical thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
LATEST UPDATE 2024\2025 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+
Educational Psychology and Development of Children and Adolescents
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer: Popular motivational theory proposed by
Abraham Maslow in 1943.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Main Idea - Answer: Individuals must satisfy a basic
series of needs before they can reach their potential.
Maslow's Deficiency Needs - Answer: Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging,
and Esteem
Maslow's Growth Needs - Answer: Cognitive, Aesthetic, Self-Actualization,
Transcendence
Maslow's Physiological Need - Answer: Biological needs for survival, food, water,
shelter
Maslow's Safety Need - Answer: Protection from the elements, law and order,
financial security, and freedom from fear.
Maslow's Love and Belonging Need - Answer: Need for interpersonal
relationships - friendships, intimacy, being part of a group.
Maslow's Esteem Need - Answer: Self-respect, respect from others, achievement,
status, and prestige.
Maslow's Cognitive Need - Answer: Curiosity, knowledge, and intellectual
exploration
Maslow's Aesthetic Need - Answer: Need focuses on the search for and expression
of beauty and balance.
Maslow's Self-Actualization Need - Answer: Personal growth and fulfillment and
the realization of one's personal potential as a human being.
, Maslow's Transcendence Need - Answer: Meeting spiritual needs or helping others
achieve self-actualization.
Arnold Gesell - Answer: First theorist to observe and document stages of physical
development.
Gesell's Maturational Theory - Answer: Child's growth & development are
influenced by both their environment and genes in sequential order
Infancy - Answer: The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between
18 and 24 months. Dozens of motor skills are added.
Early Childhood - Answer: The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old.
Improvements occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
Middle Childhood - Answer: The stage of development from 6 - 10 years old.
Slow but steady gains in weight and height.
Adolescence - Answer: The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight
and height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
Jean Piaget - Answer: Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Answer: Theory that suggests
children move through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor,
Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational.
Sensorimotor Stage - Answer: Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants
and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating
objects.
Object Permanence - Answer: The understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
Preoperational Stage - Answer: Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
Concrete Operational Stage - Answer: Stage of development from 7 to 11 years.
Logical thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
