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WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Development of Children &
Adolescents Study Guide
1.Piaget: Believed we learn from interaction with peers and
environment
2.Preconventional: All about me
3.Conventional: All about rules or laws
4.Postconventional: All about others
5.Kohlberg: Stages of Moral Development- Preconventional,
Conventional, Post- conventional
6.Chomsky: Theory of Universal Grammar- Innate/Biological
7.Babbling- 6 to 8 months: Consonant-vowel combinations (ba-ba, mama)
8.Holophrastic- 9 to 18 months: Single words represent a sentence (up,
juice, mine)
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9.Two-Word- 18 to 24 months: Mini sentences (doggy bark, me play)
10.Telegraphic- 24 to 30 months: Vocabulary increases. Use mostly
nouns and verbs, omits auxiliary words (Carrie want ball, I good boy
today)- early multiword stage
11.Later multiword stage- 30+ months: 5+ word sentences, fastest
vocabulary increase. Sentences formed with improving grammar,
structure
12.Skinner: Operant conditioning and language development- children
learn lan- guage based on reinforcement
13.Operant Conditioning and Language Development: Children learn
lan- guage based on reinforcement, learn language through
imitating, prompting, shaping, they associate words with meanings,
correct utterances are positively reinforced- Skinner
14.Vygotsky: Social approach to language development
15.Social Approach to Language Development: language develops
through social interactions, children need interpersonal interactions,
Zone of Proximal De- velopment (ZPD), scaffolding (temp support),
Private speech (talking to yourself)