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WGU PSYCH D094 OBJ. ASSESSMENT;
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR GUARANTEED
SUCCESS
Intimacy versus Isolation (Erikson) - correct-answer-Erikson's sixth stage of
development. Adults see someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring
and self-sacrificing commitment. Without such commitment, they risk profound
aloneness and isolation.
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - correct-answer-Holds that behavior,
environment, and person/cognitive factors are the key factors in development
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - correct-answer-Developing children
progress through a predictable sequence of stages of moral reasoning
(preconventional, conventional, postconventional).
Preconventional - correct-answer-Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which
rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking
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Conventional - correct-answer-Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or
maintain social order
Postconventional - correct-answer-Right and wrong determined by society's rules
which are viewed as fallible rather than absolute or by abstract ethical principles
that emphasize equality and justice
Gilligan's Theory - correct-answer-The theory suggesting that there is a different
process of moral development in women than in men.
Chomsky's Theory - correct-answer-Children have an inborn ability to learn
language through exposure to it, not being taught it.
Skinner's Theory - correct-answer-Theory proposed that we learn language
through association, imitation and reinforcement
Vygotsky's language theory - correct-answer-Social learning
WGU PSYCH D094 OBJ. ASSESSMENT;
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR GUARANTEED
SUCCESS
Intimacy versus Isolation (Erikson) - correct-answer-Erikson's sixth stage of
development. Adults see someone with whom to share their lives in an enduring
and self-sacrificing commitment. Without such commitment, they risk profound
aloneness and isolation.
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - correct-answer-Holds that behavior,
environment, and person/cognitive factors are the key factors in development
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - correct-answer-Developing children
progress through a predictable sequence of stages of moral reasoning
(preconventional, conventional, postconventional).
Preconventional - correct-answer-Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which
rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking
, 2|Page
Conventional - correct-answer-Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or
maintain social order
Postconventional - correct-answer-Right and wrong determined by society's rules
which are viewed as fallible rather than absolute or by abstract ethical principles
that emphasize equality and justice
Gilligan's Theory - correct-answer-The theory suggesting that there is a different
process of moral development in women than in men.
Chomsky's Theory - correct-answer-Children have an inborn ability to learn
language through exposure to it, not being taught it.
Skinner's Theory - correct-answer-Theory proposed that we learn language
through association, imitation and reinforcement
Vygotsky's language theory - correct-answer-Social learning
