wgu d094 test 1 exam (actual
exam)questions,answers 2024 – 2025
Chromsky's Theory of Language Development - ANSWERS-• Linguist Noam Chomsky's work discusses
the biological basis for language and claims that children have innate abilities to learn language.
• Chomsky terms this innate ability the "language acquisition device."
• He believes children instinctively learn language without any formal instruction.
• Chomsky also believes in the existence of a "universal grammar," which posits that there are certain
grammatical rules all human languages share.
• Noam Chomsky the father of modern linguistics. Universal Grammar (UG) -
1. Babies go through the same stages in development no matter what language they are learning
2. Infants master language way faster than they should if they're a blank slate.
Skinner's Theory of Language Development - ANSWERS-• B. F. Skinner, a well-known behaviorist, held
that language use, like other behaviors, was conditioned or influenced by the responses you receive
from others around you.
• B. F. Skinner believed that children learn language through operant conditioning; in other words,
children receive "rewards" for using language in a functional manner. For example, a child learns to say
,the word "drink" when she is thirsty; she receives something to drink, which reinforces her use of the
word for getting a drink, and thus she will continue to do so.
• This follows the four-term contingency that Skinner believed was the basis of language development:
(1) motivating operations that make a stimulus more or less effective, (2) discriminative stimuli that tend
to evoke a specific response, (3) response to language use, and (4) reinforcing stimuli that provide
positive feedback.
• Skinner also stated that children learn language through three key processes:
1 Imitating others (e.g., seeing a sibling ask for an apple and then asking for one)
2 Prompting from others (e.g., a parent might ask, "Do you want an apple?")
3 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.)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 1 - ANSWERS-Biological and Physiological needs: basic life needs -
air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 2 - ANSWERS-Safety Needs: protection, security, order, law, limits,
stability, etc.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 3 - ANSWERS-Belongingness and Love needs: family, affection,
relationships, work group, etc.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 4 - ANSWERS-Esteem needs: achievement, status, responsibility,
reputation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 5 - ANSWERS-Cognitive needs: knowledge, meaning, self-awareness
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 6 - ANSWERS-Aesthetic needs: beauty, balance, form, etc.
, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 7 - ANSWERS-Self-actualization: personal growth, self-fulfillment
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs LEVEL 8 - ANSWERS-Transcendence: helping others to self-actualize
Stages of Physical Development
INFANCY (Birth - 2 years) - ANSWERS-INFANTS: hold heads up, roll over, reach for things, sit, crawl, begin
to walk, increased coordination, manipulate objects with hands
BY AGE 2:
feed themselves with hands, jump and run awkwardly, throw a ball, pull a zipper down, make a tower of
blocks
Stages of Physical Development
EARLY CHILDHOOD (2 - 6 years) - ANSWERS-TODDLERS: love to run, hop, tumble, play, swing, jigsaw
puzzles, string beads, fine motor skills begin developing
BY AGE 4: print name, eats with utensils, dress and undress self
Stages of Physical Development
MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (6 - 10 years) - ANSWERS-slow, steady weight gain, speed and coordination
improve, begin organized sports
BY AGE 10: improved writing skills, engages in organized sports
Stages of Physical Development