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WGU Ed Pysch Pre-Assessment D094
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At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes?
Primary school
Preschool age
Toddler age
Sensorimotor stage
Ans: Primary school
How does female growth differ than male growth during the
adolescent stage?
Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Females generally begin puberty growth after males.
Females experience growth spurts later than males.
Females show physical signs of puberty after males.
Ans: Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood
physical development stage?
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Ties shoelaces
Wears roller skates
Writes in cursive
Dribbles a basketball
Ans: Ties shoelaces
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle
childhood physical development stage?
Refining of motor coordination
Learning to use fine motor skills
Reaching peak motor reaction time
Declining gross motor skills
Ans: Refining of motor coordination
According to Piaget, what is an important accomplishment at the
preoperational stage?
Conserving mass and weight
Thinking symbolically
Testing hypotheses
Thinking logically
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Ans: Thinking symbolically
A student understands that a deflated balloon can be inflated with air.
According to Piaget, which cognitive level is this student
demonstrating?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Ans: Concrete operational
According to Vygotsky, what should a teacher do to help a student
move through the zone of proximal development?
Provide instructional scaffolding
Provide instruction at the current level
Encourage self-direction activities
Encourage discovery learning
Ans: Provide instructional scaffolding
Which behavior would Piaget classify as characteristic of the concrete
operational cognitive development stage?
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WGU Ed Pysch Pre-Assessment D094
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes?
Primary school
Preschool age
Toddler age
Sensorimotor stage
Ans: Primary school
How does female growth differ than male growth during the
adolescent stage?
Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Females generally begin puberty growth after males.
Females experience growth spurts later than males.
Females show physical signs of puberty after males.
Ans: Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood
physical development stage?
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Ties shoelaces
Wears roller skates
Writes in cursive
Dribbles a basketball
Ans: Ties shoelaces
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle
childhood physical development stage?
Refining of motor coordination
Learning to use fine motor skills
Reaching peak motor reaction time
Declining gross motor skills
Ans: Refining of motor coordination
According to Piaget, what is an important accomplishment at the
preoperational stage?
Conserving mass and weight
Thinking symbolically
Testing hypotheses
Thinking logically
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Ans: Thinking symbolically
A student understands that a deflated balloon can be inflated with air.
According to Piaget, which cognitive level is this student
demonstrating?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Ans: Concrete operational
According to Vygotsky, what should a teacher do to help a student
move through the zone of proximal development?
Provide instructional scaffolding
Provide instruction at the current level
Encourage self-direction activities
Encourage discovery learning
Ans: Provide instructional scaffolding
Which behavior would Piaget classify as characteristic of the concrete
operational cognitive development stage?
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