WGU D 307 OA | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS’ EXAM | 2025/2026 GUIDE
When recess is called, two boys slip on their hoodies and, with a little
concentration, zip them up. They then run out to the playground, where
they draw stick figures with sidewalk chalk. Which physical development
stage describes these students?
A) Middle childhood
B)Infancy
C)Early childhood
D) Adolescence
- Correct Answer - C)Early childhood
True or False A second-grade student tells his teacher that he is being
bullied on the playground by some older children. The student is
attempting to meet his physiological needs.
- Correct Answer - false
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the adolescence
physical development stage?
A)Slow and steady growth
B) Stunted growth
C) Accelerated growth
D) No growth
,- Correct Answer - C) Accelerated growth
True or False According to Vygotsky, a person learns best through his or
her own experiences.
- Correct Answer - false
A teacher asked children of different ages this question: "What would it
be like if humans had gills and lived underwater? "Which answer is
characteristic of a child in the formal operations stage?
A) "We would be wet all the time."
B) "I would not like to live underwater."
C) "We would have to invent waterproof paper to write on."
D) "This is a stupid question because we don't live underwater."
- Correct Answer - C) "We would have to invent waterproof paper to write
on."
Which characteristic would be consistent with a student in Piaget's pre-
operational level of cognitive development?
A) Pretending to be a cartoon character
B) Playing with a mobile
C) Solving "what-if" questions
D) Understanding that A + B = C is the same as B + A = C
- Correct Answer - A) Pretending to be a cartoon character
True or False Gilligan theorized that women are more involved in the
care of others rather than in the care of themselves.
- Correct Answer - true
, A 10-year-old student works hard to master multiplication so her teacher
and peers will be proud of her. Which of Erikson's stages is this student
displaying?
A)Identity versus role confusion
B) Autonomy versus shame
C) Trust versus mistrust
D) Industry versus inferiority
- Correct Answer - D) Industry versus inferiority
Thomas was saddened to see a big letter F on his latest math test.
Maslow would say Thomas is most likely deficient in which need?
- Correct Answer - esteem
Mr. Jackson's 5th grade Language Arts students created posters for a
book they had read in class. After the posters were finished, Mr. Jackson
hung the posters on the wall for all of the class to see. According to
Maslow, hanging the posters on the wall would fulfill which need?
- Correct Answer - esteem
At which stage do children make slow and steady height and weight
gains?
- Correct Answer - middle childhood
Mrs. Major jokes with her students that since they've all grown by at
least 3 to 5 inches since the start of the school year they seem like
different students. Given that her students are growing at an average
AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS’ EXAM | 2025/2026 GUIDE
When recess is called, two boys slip on their hoodies and, with a little
concentration, zip them up. They then run out to the playground, where
they draw stick figures with sidewalk chalk. Which physical development
stage describes these students?
A) Middle childhood
B)Infancy
C)Early childhood
D) Adolescence
- Correct Answer - C)Early childhood
True or False A second-grade student tells his teacher that he is being
bullied on the playground by some older children. The student is
attempting to meet his physiological needs.
- Correct Answer - false
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the adolescence
physical development stage?
A)Slow and steady growth
B) Stunted growth
C) Accelerated growth
D) No growth
,- Correct Answer - C) Accelerated growth
True or False According to Vygotsky, a person learns best through his or
her own experiences.
- Correct Answer - false
A teacher asked children of different ages this question: "What would it
be like if humans had gills and lived underwater? "Which answer is
characteristic of a child in the formal operations stage?
A) "We would be wet all the time."
B) "I would not like to live underwater."
C) "We would have to invent waterproof paper to write on."
D) "This is a stupid question because we don't live underwater."
- Correct Answer - C) "We would have to invent waterproof paper to write
on."
Which characteristic would be consistent with a student in Piaget's pre-
operational level of cognitive development?
A) Pretending to be a cartoon character
B) Playing with a mobile
C) Solving "what-if" questions
D) Understanding that A + B = C is the same as B + A = C
- Correct Answer - A) Pretending to be a cartoon character
True or False Gilligan theorized that women are more involved in the
care of others rather than in the care of themselves.
- Correct Answer - true
, A 10-year-old student works hard to master multiplication so her teacher
and peers will be proud of her. Which of Erikson's stages is this student
displaying?
A)Identity versus role confusion
B) Autonomy versus shame
C) Trust versus mistrust
D) Industry versus inferiority
- Correct Answer - D) Industry versus inferiority
Thomas was saddened to see a big letter F on his latest math test.
Maslow would say Thomas is most likely deficient in which need?
- Correct Answer - esteem
Mr. Jackson's 5th grade Language Arts students created posters for a
book they had read in class. After the posters were finished, Mr. Jackson
hung the posters on the wall for all of the class to see. According to
Maslow, hanging the posters on the wall would fulfill which need?
- Correct Answer - esteem
At which stage do children make slow and steady height and weight
gains?
- Correct Answer - middle childhood
Mrs. Major jokes with her students that since they've all grown by at
least 3 to 5 inches since the start of the school year they seem like
different students. Given that her students are growing at an average
