Biological Pillar
Moana touches the water and grabs the seashells, interacting with the environment, this is connected to the 5 senses which we have, touch. It seems like everyone on the island are just doing what they need to survive. These are core needs and habits, these are the things that we need to do on a daily basis in order to stay alive, this is pretty much all the motivation the people have. The habits are traditional dancing, getting coconuts, getting fish and potentially growing crops and raising animals. We can see how the characters use all of their senses even as they've aged. The see, hear, touch (again), smell and taste many things such as: Moana seeing the ocean, touching the leaf to protect the turtle, hearing surrounding sounds of the waves and thunder, tasting foods and smelling the foods.
Cognition Pillar
As Moana is young, Piaget's 4 stages come into play. She seems to be very interactive of her environment, even as she ages, however, as a child touch is the way she learned about her surroundings. As Moana's grandmother said, the darkness that is spreading due to the loss of the heart of Te Fiti is causing them to forget themselves. This relates to the memory, as the people have forgotten that they were all voyagers in fear of the darkness which was spreading and provoking unstable waters. Now, no one in the island seems to remember their past in the slightest and evading it in fear of the water.
Life Span Development and Learning Pillar
The grandmother was teaching the kids about the legend of Te Fiti and Maui, she was doing this through interactive and visual story telling. This is because for younger children, interactive learning is more enticing and helps keep them captivated in the learning. Moana is pulled towards wanting to go into the water, even though she knows it's forbidden. Later on, we see how her ancestors used to go out beyond the reef all the time to travel. This is related to nurture as this could be one of the biggest reasons as to why Moana wants to go and cross the ocean. Nature wise, her getting constantly denied to go to the ocean only makes her more curious as to why ever since her childhood; after all, living on an island which is a piece of land with vast water distances and unseen things, it makes one want to discover and learn.
Social and Personality Pillar
Moana's grandmother says that she is considered crazy by the village. This is connected to abnormal behaviors as Moana's grandmother isn't crazy at all, however, due to her love of the ocean and dancing with the waves the village calls her crazy for this behavior as it is nothing normal compared to others. The father of Moana seems to try to get her to be like everyone else, staying on the island and fearing what's beyond the reef as there is nothing. He tries to get Moana to conform as the people in their village in order to destroy that curiosity of the ocean.
Mental and Physical Health Pillar
Moana's father has issues with going out into the ocean, this is because his best friend passed away in the ocean. The father is traumatized and doesn't want anyone else going to the ocean in fear of losing others he loves. We see a variation in foods in the movie, these provide us with the nutrients that we need for our daily tasks. Moana also seems to be resilient to the conformity that her father tries to implement in her because she wanting to flourish. Moana demonstrates wanting to flourish by wanting to accomplish crossing the reef for her people to do the same, benefitting the entire island; she's also full of optimism along with having self-determination and acceptance becuase how else would she have had the power to cross the reef and even venture to see Maui.