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WGU D094 Maslow's EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Adolescence - ANS ✓The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight
and height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
Jean Piaget - ANS ✓Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANS ✓Theory that suggests
children move through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor,
Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational.
Sensorimotor Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants
and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating
objects.
Object Permanence - ANS ✓The understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
Preoperational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
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Concrete Operational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from 7 to 11 years.
Logical thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
Formal Operational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development for 12 years and up.
Abstract thought begins. Higher order thinking and ability to systematically plan
for future.
Schema - ANS ✓Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and
understand the world. An organized pattern of behavior or thought.
Assimilation - ANS ✓Process of using or transforming the environment so that it
can be placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
Accomodation - ANS ✓Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in
order to accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
Equilibration - ANS ✓The attempt to strike a balance between assimilation and
accommodation. The tendency to organize schemas.
Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANS ✓Lev Vygotsky's
sociocultural theory that emphasized the important role of social interactions in
the development of children's cognition.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ANS ✓The place where the most
sensitive instruction or guidance should be given. It is the link between what we
can do and what we can't do.
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - ANS ✓Someone who has a better
understanding or a higher ability level than the learner.
Vygotsky's Social Approach to Language Development - ANS ✓Language
develops through social interactions.
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WGU
WGU D094 Maslow's EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Adolescence - ANS ✓The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight
and height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
Jean Piaget - ANS ✓Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANS ✓Theory that suggests
children move through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor,
Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational.
Sensorimotor Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants
and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating
objects.
Object Permanence - ANS ✓The understanding that objects continue to exist
even when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
Preoperational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
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Concrete Operational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development from 7 to 11 years.
Logical thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.
Formal Operational Stage - ANS ✓Stage of development for 12 years and up.
Abstract thought begins. Higher order thinking and ability to systematically plan
for future.
Schema - ANS ✓Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and
understand the world. An organized pattern of behavior or thought.
Assimilation - ANS ✓Process of using or transforming the environment so that it
can be placed in preexisting cognitive structures (schema).
Accomodation - ANS ✓Process of changing cognitive structures (schema) in
order to accept something from the environment. Can also develop new schemas.
Equilibration - ANS ✓The attempt to strike a balance between assimilation and
accommodation. The tendency to organize schemas.
Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development - ANS ✓Lev Vygotsky's
sociocultural theory that emphasized the important role of social interactions in
the development of children's cognition.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - ANS ✓The place where the most
sensitive instruction or guidance should be given. It is the link between what we
can do and what we can't do.
More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) - ANS ✓Someone who has a better
understanding or a higher ability level than the learner.
Vygotsky's Social Approach to Language Development - ANS ✓Language
develops through social interactions.
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