PORTAGE LEARNING DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 1 EXAM 2026
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE
Jean Piaget's second stage - CORRECT ANSWER-preoperational stage, 2-7
years
what abilities develop in the preoperational stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-
animism, where they think nonliving objects have life and feelings.
Concrete operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Children gain the mental
operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events. Begin
to understand that although things may change in appearance certain
properties remain the same. Piaget considered this stage a huge turning
point because it marks the beginning of logical thought
Jean Piaget's third stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Concrete operational stage,
7-11 years
What happens to children in the concrete operational stage? - CORRECT
ANSWER-they tend to make mistakes or be overwhelmed when asked to
reason about abstract or hypothetical problems.
, Formal operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Adolescents begin to think
in an abstract manner, the ability to combine and classify items in a more
sophisticated way, and the capacity for higher-order reasoning
Jean Piaget's fourth stage - CORRECT ANSWER-formal operational stage,
12+
what happens to adolescents in this stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-You begin
to see an emergence of scientific thinking, formulating abstract theories
and hypotheses when faced with a problem
Piaget's theory had a large impact on _____ - CORRECT ANSWER-primary
education
Who was a theorist who used ethological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Konrad Lorenz whos geese illustrated the phenomenon of imprinting
Who was a theorist that used sociocultural theory - CORRECT ANSWER-Lee
Vygotsky who focused on how culture and knowledge is transmitted to the
next generation
Who was a theorist that used Ecological systems theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Bronfenbrenner, who focused on 5 different environmental
systems that ranged from very small (neighborhood) to very large (period
of history you were born)
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 1 EXAM 2026
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE
Jean Piaget's second stage - CORRECT ANSWER-preoperational stage, 2-7
years
what abilities develop in the preoperational stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-
animism, where they think nonliving objects have life and feelings.
Concrete operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Children gain the mental
operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events. Begin
to understand that although things may change in appearance certain
properties remain the same. Piaget considered this stage a huge turning
point because it marks the beginning of logical thought
Jean Piaget's third stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Concrete operational stage,
7-11 years
What happens to children in the concrete operational stage? - CORRECT
ANSWER-they tend to make mistakes or be overwhelmed when asked to
reason about abstract or hypothetical problems.
, Formal operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Adolescents begin to think
in an abstract manner, the ability to combine and classify items in a more
sophisticated way, and the capacity for higher-order reasoning
Jean Piaget's fourth stage - CORRECT ANSWER-formal operational stage,
12+
what happens to adolescents in this stage? - CORRECT ANSWER-You begin
to see an emergence of scientific thinking, formulating abstract theories
and hypotheses when faced with a problem
Piaget's theory had a large impact on _____ - CORRECT ANSWER-primary
education
Who was a theorist who used ethological theory? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Konrad Lorenz whos geese illustrated the phenomenon of imprinting
Who was a theorist that used sociocultural theory - CORRECT ANSWER-Lee
Vygotsky who focused on how culture and knowledge is transmitted to the
next generation
Who was a theorist that used Ecological systems theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Bronfenbrenner, who focused on 5 different environmental
systems that ranged from very small (neighborhood) to very large (period
of history you were born)
