HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
UPDATED PRACTICE SOLUTION 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 0-2. Sensations and perceptions. Master object
permanence. Emphasis on the senses: touch, vision, motor (sucking
and grasping)
◉ Preoperational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 2-7. Motor skills are acquired; egocentrism is strong but
begins to decline; no logical thinking yet; most rapid period of
development
◉ Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 7-12. The child develops the ability to understand constant
factors in the environment, rules, and higher-order symbolic
systems. Conservation is developed here.
◉ Formal operational Stage (Piaget)
,Answer: 12-adulthood. Children develop the ability to think logically
in the abstract. They develop deductive reasoning skills and are
capable of achieving post-conventional moral reasoning.
◉ Schema
Answer: cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize,
process, and use information
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg (Moral Development)
Answer: Thought humans are intrinsically motivated to explore, and
become competent at functioning in, their environments. Morality is
a decision not a trait. Created the Stages of Moral Development.
◉ Level 1: Pre-Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: people make decisions based on how it will impact them
◉ Obedience and punishment orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 1. Pre-Conventional; How can I avoid punishment?
◉ Self-interest orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 2. Pre-Conventional; What's in it for me? Paying for a
benefit.
, ◉ Level 2: Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: based on a desire to please others & follow accepted
values/rules
◉ Interpersonal accord and conformity (Kohlberg)
Answer: 3. Conventional; Social norms, the good boy/girl attitude
◉ Authority and social-order maintaining orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 4. Conventional; Law and order morality
◉ Level 3: Post-Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: Requires formal operational thinking, morality is based on
universal principles applied to individual circumstances
◉ Social contract orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 5. Post-Conventional; ones conduct is defined according to a
social contract- should be linked to a common good, not just focus
on benefit to self
◉ Universal ethical principles (Kohlberg)
Answer: 6. Post-Conventional; a hypothetical, "ideal" stage that few
people ever reach. People in this stage adhere to a few abstract,
universal principles (e.g., equality of all people, respect for human
dignity, commitment to justice) that transcend specific norms and
UPDATED PRACTICE SOLUTION 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VERIFIED ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 0-2. Sensations and perceptions. Master object
permanence. Emphasis on the senses: touch, vision, motor (sucking
and grasping)
◉ Preoperational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 2-7. Motor skills are acquired; egocentrism is strong but
begins to decline; no logical thinking yet; most rapid period of
development
◉ Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: 7-12. The child develops the ability to understand constant
factors in the environment, rules, and higher-order symbolic
systems. Conservation is developed here.
◉ Formal operational Stage (Piaget)
,Answer: 12-adulthood. Children develop the ability to think logically
in the abstract. They develop deductive reasoning skills and are
capable of achieving post-conventional moral reasoning.
◉ Schema
Answer: cognitive structures that help us perceive, organize,
process, and use information
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg (Moral Development)
Answer: Thought humans are intrinsically motivated to explore, and
become competent at functioning in, their environments. Morality is
a decision not a trait. Created the Stages of Moral Development.
◉ Level 1: Pre-Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: people make decisions based on how it will impact them
◉ Obedience and punishment orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 1. Pre-Conventional; How can I avoid punishment?
◉ Self-interest orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 2. Pre-Conventional; What's in it for me? Paying for a
benefit.
, ◉ Level 2: Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: based on a desire to please others & follow accepted
values/rules
◉ Interpersonal accord and conformity (Kohlberg)
Answer: 3. Conventional; Social norms, the good boy/girl attitude
◉ Authority and social-order maintaining orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 4. Conventional; Law and order morality
◉ Level 3: Post-Conventional (Kohlberg)
Answer: Requires formal operational thinking, morality is based on
universal principles applied to individual circumstances
◉ Social contract orientation (Kohlberg)
Answer: 5. Post-Conventional; ones conduct is defined according to a
social contract- should be linked to a common good, not just focus
on benefit to self
◉ Universal ethical principles (Kohlberg)
Answer: 6. Post-Conventional; a hypothetical, "ideal" stage that few
people ever reach. People in this stage adhere to a few abstract,
universal principles (e.g., equality of all people, respect for human
dignity, commitment to justice) that transcend specific norms and
