FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 130
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
/. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer-✅Popular motivational theory proposed by
Abraham Maslow in 1943.
/.Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Main Idea - Answer-✅Individuals must satisfy a basic
series of needs before they can reach their potential.
/.Maslow's Deficiency Needs - Answer-✅Physiological, Safety, Love and Belonging,
and Esteem
/.Maslow's Growth Needs - Answer-✅Cognitive, Aesthetic, Self-Actualization,
Transcendence
/.Maslow's Physiological Need - Answer-✅Biological needs for survival, food, water,
shelter
/.Maslow's Safety Need - Answer-✅Protection from the elements, law and order,
financial security, and freedom from fear.
/.Maslow's Love and Belonging Need - Answer-✅Need for interpersonal relationships -
friendships, intimacy, being part of a group.
/.Maslow's Esteem Need - Answer-✅Self-respect, respect from others, achievement,
status, and prestige.
/.Maslow's Cognitive Need - Answer-✅Curiosity, knowledge, and intellectual exploration
/.Maslow's Aesthetic Need - Answer-✅Need focuses on the search for and expression
of beauty and balance.
, /.Maslow's Self-Actualization Need - Answer-✅Personal growth and fulfillment and the
realization of one's personal potential as a human being.
/.Maslow's Transcendence Need - Answer-✅Meeting spiritual needs or helping others
achieve self-actualization.
/.Arnold Gesell - Answer-✅First theorist to observe and document stages of physical
development.
/.Gesell's Maturational Theory - Answer-✅Child's growth & development are influenced
by both their environment and genes in sequential order
/.Infancy - Answer-✅The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between
18 and 24 months. Dozens of motor skills are added.
/.Early Childhood - Answer-✅The stage of development from 2 - 6 years old.
Improvements occur in both fine and gross motor skills.
/.Middle Childhood - Answer-✅The stage of development from 6 - 10 years old. Slow
but steady gains in weight and height.
/.Adolescence - Answer-✅The stage of development from 10 - 18 years old. Weight
and height increase rapidly and puberty begins.
/.Jean Piaget - Answer-✅Swiss psychologist known for his Theory of Cognitive
Development.
/.Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Answer-✅Theory that suggests children
move through four different stages of development. Sensorimotor, Preoperational,
Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational.
/.Sensorimotor Stage - Answer-✅Stage of development from birth to 2 years. Infants
and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects.
/.Object Permanence - Answer-✅The understanding that objects continue to exist even
when they cannot be seen. Major development of sensorimotor stage.
/.Preoperational Stage - Answer-✅Stage of development from 2 to 7 years. Kids learn
through pretend play. Egocentric and struggle to see others perspective.
/.Concrete Operational Stage - Answer-✅Stage of development from 7 to 11 years.
Logical thought begins, and they understand the idea of conservation.