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.