WGU D307 Quiz Bank (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Educational Psychology and Human Development of Children and Adolescents | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

WGU D307 Quiz Bank (Latest 2023/ 2024

Update) Educational Psychology and Human

Development of Children and Adolescents |

Questions and Verified Answers| 100%

Correct| Grade A

Q: A child who has had an unpleasant experience with dogs and who believes that dogs are

mean walks down the street and encounters a dog that wags its tail at her. The child interprets the

dog's behavior as threatening and runs away. Later, when she describes the dog to her parents

and how it wagged its tail, the parents explain that this is a friendly response in dogs. Thus, the

child begins to ____________ by changing what she believes about dogs.

Answer:

Accomodate

Q: George is familiar with dogs, and has seen many dogs when he is out walking with his

Mom. When George sees a horse for the first time, he calls it a dog. His mom teaches him that

not all four-legged creatures are called dogs. She explains that this big animal with long legs and

a long face is called a horse. The next time George sees a horse, he calls it a horse. According to

Piaget, this process of differentiating is called

Answer:

Accomodation

Q: A high-school social science teacher notices that his students are not able to identify the

impact that World War II had on the United States' economy, although they do seem to have a

good understanding of the basic facts, dates, and events of the war. What strategy might the

teacher use to help his students to look deeper into the topic, based on Vygotsky's theory of

cognitive development?

Answer:

Ask leading questions to foster discussionz

Q: A 4th grade teacher wants to give her students a science lesson that will help to develop their

thinking skills. What activity would be most appropriate for students at this age, according to

Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Answer:

Provide short lesson on a science concept, have students create a concept map to show

connections between the concept

Q: Which of the following examples best illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?

Answer:

a student who wonders what story time at the library will be like, and is pleased to find that story

time at the library is just like story time in her classroom at school

Q: According to Vygotsky, one's culture

Answer:

strongly influences what we learn and how we think

Q: Mrs. Peacock teaches 5th grade. They are learning how to read maps and to use a compass

rose. Her class is working on finding the 13 colonies on a map. In which stage of Piaget's

cognitive development theory are they working?

Answer:

Concreate opperational

Q: Organized patterns of actions and thoughts, such as kicking a football or realizing that there

are many different types of footballs, or connecting memories of one family vacations with other

family vacations, are defined by Piaget as

Answer:

Schema

Q: Which of the following teaching strategies would be most helpful for a third grade class that

is starting a new unit on science concepts, according to Piaget?

Answer:

Include memory strategies such as mnemonics to help them remember new information.

Q: According to Piaget, all but which of the following are characteristics of children in

preschool and kindergarten (i.e., between the ages of two and six)?

Answer:

They are unable to think logically

Q: Which of the following best reflects the concept of scaffolding?

Answer:

The teacher begins each lesson with five minutes of drill-and practice exercises

Q: Marge is teaching Bart and Lisa at home through remote learning. She has a tall skinny glass

and a short wide glass. Marge has Bart fill a measuring cup full of chocolate milk. Lisa pours it

into the tall glass. Lisa then fills the same measuring cup with chocolate milk and Marge has Bart

pour it into the short glass. Marge then asks the kids which glass they want. Both say the tall

glass because there is more chocolate milk in it. In which stage of Piaget's cognitive

development are Lisa and

Answer:

preopperational

Q: You walk into a classroom and observe the teacher moving children into heterogeneous

groups of 4 or 5 to learn about different types of clouds. Whose theory is the teacher following?

Answer:

Vygotsky

Q: Which of the following best describes Piaget's concept of a scheme?

Answer:

Organized pattern of behavior and thought

Q: MacKenzie is taking her state reading test. As she reads each question, she whispers each

word under her breath. The other students look at her and cover their ears. According to

Vygotsky, which type of speech is she using?

Answer:

Private speech

Q: Miss Amburn teaches kindergarten. She is doing a unit on working in a pizza parlor. The

students color and decorate their own menu. In a section of the classroom, they have a kitchen

and the students enjoy pretending to run the pizza parlor. They even enjoyed it when Mr. Ron

came in and talked about his fire oven pizza. What stage of Piaget's cognitive development are

the students in?

Answer:

preoperational

Q: Maria is passionate about the environment, and feels that it is her responsibility to peacefully

protest when a local manufacturing plant is charged with dumping factory waste into the local

river. She organizes a sit-in at their main offices, knowing that she might be arrested for

trespassing, but feels her personal beliefs are more important. Which level of Kohlberg's moral

development theory is Maria demonstrating?