NU664C FINAL REGIS COLLEGE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Piaget: Sensorimotor Stage - ANS Ages: birth to age 2
The stage during which children learn through senses and motor activities.
Coordination of sensory input and motor responses
Development of object permanence
Piaget Perioperations Subperiod - ANS Deferred Imitation, symbolic play, Graphic imagery,
mental imagery, and language.
Piaget Concrete Operations - ANS 7-11 years old
Begin abstract thought
Plays games with rules
Cause and effect relationship
Conservation of quantity, weight, volume, inclusion/seriation
Piaget Formal Operations - ANS 12-adult; ability to think abstractly; thinking operates in a
formal, logical manner
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, Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - ANS Moral development takes place in stages and
awareness of other people increases at each stage
Preconventional: Punishment/obedience
Conventional: Act in ways to maintain good relationships with others.
Postconventional: Develop ethical principles that are self-accepted.
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - ANS stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan
consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - ANS 0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during the first year of life,
infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner. Can be associated
with psychosis, addiction, and depression when negative.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - ANS 1 - 3 years. Using new mental and motor
skills, children want to choose and decide for themselves. Autonomy is fostered when parents
permit reasonable free choice and do not force or shame the child. Aligns with Freud's anal
stage. Can be associated with paranoia, OCD, and impulsivity when negative.
Initiative vs. Guilt (Erikson) - ANS 3-6 yrs, good: sense of purpose, ability to initiate activities,
ability to enjoy accomplishment, bad: fear of punishment, restrict himself, show off. Can be
associated with conversion disorder, phobias, psychosomatic disorder, and inhibition.
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - ANS 6-12 yrs, good: competence, exercise his/her abilities
and intelligence in the world, be able to affect world in the way that the child desires bad:
inadequacy, low self esteem. Can be associated with creative inhibition, Intertion.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (Erikson) - ANS 13-19 yr, **most crucial** teens struggle with
identity crisis, if healthy experimentation is fostered they attain identity achievement; if not,
they face insecurity and low self-worth. Can be associated with delinquency, BPD, gender
confusion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Piaget: Sensorimotor Stage - ANS Ages: birth to age 2
The stage during which children learn through senses and motor activities.
Coordination of sensory input and motor responses
Development of object permanence
Piaget Perioperations Subperiod - ANS Deferred Imitation, symbolic play, Graphic imagery,
mental imagery, and language.
Piaget Concrete Operations - ANS 7-11 years old
Begin abstract thought
Plays games with rules
Cause and effect relationship
Conservation of quantity, weight, volume, inclusion/seriation
Piaget Formal Operations - ANS 12-adult; ability to think abstractly; thinking operates in a
formal, logical manner
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, Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - ANS Moral development takes place in stages and
awareness of other people increases at each stage
Preconventional: Punishment/obedience
Conventional: Act in ways to maintain good relationships with others.
Postconventional: Develop ethical principles that are self-accepted.
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - ANS stage theory of psychosocial development, lifespan
consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve the next dilemma
Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - ANS 0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during the first year of life,
infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner. Can be associated
with psychosis, addiction, and depression when negative.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - ANS 1 - 3 years. Using new mental and motor
skills, children want to choose and decide for themselves. Autonomy is fostered when parents
permit reasonable free choice and do not force or shame the child. Aligns with Freud's anal
stage. Can be associated with paranoia, OCD, and impulsivity when negative.
Initiative vs. Guilt (Erikson) - ANS 3-6 yrs, good: sense of purpose, ability to initiate activities,
ability to enjoy accomplishment, bad: fear of punishment, restrict himself, show off. Can be
associated with conversion disorder, phobias, psychosomatic disorder, and inhibition.
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - ANS 6-12 yrs, good: competence, exercise his/her abilities
and intelligence in the world, be able to affect world in the way that the child desires bad:
inadequacy, low self esteem. Can be associated with creative inhibition, Intertion.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (Erikson) - ANS 13-19 yr, **most crucial** teens struggle with
identity crisis, if healthy experimentation is fostered they attain identity achievement; if not,
they face insecurity and low self-worth. Can be associated with delinquency, BPD, gender
confusion.
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