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WGU Psych D094 Obj. Assessment With Complete Solutions.
Question 1: Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget)
CORRECT ANSWER : from birth to 2 years, motor activity
Question 2: Pre-operational Stage (Piaget)
CORRECT ANSWER : from 2 years to 7 years, development of
language, memory, and imagination (symbolically)
Question 3: Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget)
CORRECT ANSWER : from 7 years to 11 years, logical
thinking
Question 4: Formal Operational Stage (Piaget)
CORRECT ANSWER : adolescence to adulthood, abstract
thoughts
Question 5: Physical Development
CORRECT ANSWER : a developmental process that refers to
the physical growth of a person's body
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Question 6: Cognitive Development
CORRECT ANSWER : the development of thinking, problem
solving, and memory
Question 7: Piaget's Theory
CORRECT ANSWER : Theory stating that children actively
construct their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
Question 8: Vygotsky's Theory
CORRECT ANSWER: A sociocultural cognitive theory that
emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development.
Question 9: Erikson's Theory
CORRECT ANSWER : Theory that proposes eight stages of
human development. Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a crisis that must be resolved.
Question 10: Trust versus Mistrust (Erikson)
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CORRECT ANSWER : Infants learn basic trust if the world is a
secure place where their basic needs are met
Question 11: Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson)
CORRECT ANSWER : Erikson's second crisis of psychosocial
development. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of self-rule over their actions and their bodies.
Question 12: Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson)
CORRECT ANSWER: Pre-school children initiating activities
and asserting control.
Question 13: Industry versus Inferiority (Erikson)
CORRECT ANSWER : The fourth of Erikson's eight
psychosocial crises, during which children attempt to master many skills, developing a sense of themselves as either industrious or inferior, competent or incompetent.
Question 14: Identity versus Role Confusion (Erikson)
CORRECT ANSWER : Erikson's term for the fifth stage of
development, in which the person tries to figure out "who am I?" but is confused as to which of many possible roles to adopt
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Question 15: 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.
Question 16: Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory
CORRECT ANSWER : Holds that behavior, environment, and
person/cognitive factors are the key factors in development
Question 17: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
CORRECT ANSWER : Developing children progress through a
predictable sequence of stages of moral reasoning (preconventional, conventional, postconventional).
Question 18: Preconventional
CORRECT ANSWER : Kohlberg's stage of moral development
in which rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking