WGU EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS - D094 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025/2026 ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR PASS
Zone of proximal development - CORRECT ANSWERS phase of learning during which
children can benefit from instruction (When the child is actually learning)
Vygotsky on language - CORRECT ANSWERS Private speech or internal speech aids in
development. Language is an accelerator for thinking and understanding. Watching and
learning language form others.
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWERS theory, people
experience
Erikson Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS infant-trust vs mistrust
toddler (1-3) autonomy vs shame
preschool-initiative vs guilt
school=industry vs inferiority
adolescent-identity vs role confusion
Bandura theory of model learning - CORRECT ANSWERS emphasizes the importance of
observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others.
Social learning theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to
influence human learning and behavior.
Bandura: How many models did he use and what were they - CORRECT ANSWERS ive
(with a live demonstration or model), verbal (in which the action or behavior is described), and
symbolic (in which a behavior is modeled through characters in media).
Kohlberg - CORRECT ANSWERS theorist who claimed individuals went through a series
of stages in the process of moral development.
, WGU EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS - D094 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025/2026 ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR PASS
Carol Gilligan - CORRECT ANSWERS moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg.
She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale
because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning
was merely different, not better or worse
Noam Chomsky - CORRECT ANSWERS theorist who believed that humans have an
inborn or "native" propensity to develop language ( Language acquisition device)
B.F. Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant
conditioning Imitating others. Positive response to reinforce. (e.g., seeing a sibling ask for an
apple and then asking for one)
Prompting from others (e.g., a parent might ask, "Do you want an apple?")
Shaping from others (e.g., a parent might affirm and refine a child's response: "Yes, that's a
fruit. It's an apple. Did you want it?") (Lumen Learning, n.d.)
extrinsic barriers - CORRECT ANSWERS are barriers external to the person that impose
limitations on that person's ability to participate or gain access
intrinsic barriers - CORRECT ANSWERS within the student, mental heath/ disability
Autsim - CORRECT ANSWERS a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by
deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWERS a psychological disorder of three key symptoms: extreme
inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Theories of Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWERS -General intelligence (Spearman)
-Primary mental abilities (Thurnstone)
AND ADOLESCENTS - D094 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025/2026 ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR PASS
Zone of proximal development - CORRECT ANSWERS phase of learning during which
children can benefit from instruction (When the child is actually learning)
Vygotsky on language - CORRECT ANSWERS Private speech or internal speech aids in
development. Language is an accelerator for thinking and understanding. Watching and
learning language form others.
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development - CORRECT ANSWERS theory, people
experience
Erikson Stage - CORRECT ANSWERS infant-trust vs mistrust
toddler (1-3) autonomy vs shame
preschool-initiative vs guilt
school=industry vs inferiority
adolescent-identity vs role confusion
Bandura theory of model learning - CORRECT ANSWERS emphasizes the importance of
observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others.
Social learning theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to
influence human learning and behavior.
Bandura: How many models did he use and what were they - CORRECT ANSWERS ive
(with a live demonstration or model), verbal (in which the action or behavior is described), and
symbolic (in which a behavior is modeled through characters in media).
Kohlberg - CORRECT ANSWERS theorist who claimed individuals went through a series
of stages in the process of moral development.
, WGU EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS - D094 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025/2026 ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR PASS
Carol Gilligan - CORRECT ANSWERS moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg.
She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale
because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning
was merely different, not better or worse
Noam Chomsky - CORRECT ANSWERS theorist who believed that humans have an
inborn or "native" propensity to develop language ( Language acquisition device)
B.F. Skinner - CORRECT ANSWERS Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant
conditioning Imitating others. Positive response to reinforce. (e.g., seeing a sibling ask for an
apple and then asking for one)
Prompting from others (e.g., a parent might ask, "Do you want an apple?")
Shaping from others (e.g., a parent might affirm and refine a child's response: "Yes, that's a
fruit. It's an apple. Did you want it?") (Lumen Learning, n.d.)
extrinsic barriers - CORRECT ANSWERS are barriers external to the person that impose
limitations on that person's ability to participate or gain access
intrinsic barriers - CORRECT ANSWERS within the student, mental heath/ disability
Autsim - CORRECT ANSWERS a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by
deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind
ADHD - CORRECT ANSWERS a psychological disorder of three key symptoms: extreme
inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
Theories of Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWERS -General intelligence (Spearman)
-Primary mental abilities (Thurnstone)
