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Piaget created a theory of development related to what? - correct answer ✔✔Cognitive abilities varying
from age to age
Erikson created a theory of development related to what? - correct answer ✔✔Psychosocial
development
Birth to 12 months. Learns trust as basic needs are met. Mistrust if needs not met or unable to delay
gratification. - correct answer ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust
12 months to three years. Learns independent behaviors such as feeding and dressing, exercises choices,
exerts self. Shame and doubt if independence is not encouraged. - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy vs.
Shame and Doubt
3-5 years old. Goal direction, competitive, exploratory behavior. Imaginative play. Initiative occurs when
child independently begins inactivity instead of merely responding to or imitating other. Guilt occurs
when caregivers frequently reprimand behaviors reflecting initiative. - correct answer ✔✔Initiative vs.
Guilt
6-12 years old. Learns self worth. Gains mastery of psychosocial, physiological, and cognitive skills.
Becomes socially and peer focused. Less family focused. Inferiority can develop when school-age
children are ridiculed by peers, don't measure up to adult standards, or lack certain skills. - correct
answer ✔✔Industry vs. Inferiority
12-17 years old. Develops a sense of who they are intellectually, cognitively, behaviorally, and
emotionally. Emerging physical and sexual maturity is integrated with already existing skills and abilities.
Gains independence from parents. Peers are very important. A crucial stage in development, as identity
formation affects commitments and decisions made later in life. Role confusion occurs when the
adolescent is unable to acquire a sense of direction, self, or place within the world. - correct answer
✔✔Role Identity vs. Role Confusion
,Birth to 2 years. Develops object permanence. Puts things in mouth, learns motor and vision skills,
emphasis on reflexes and reacting to stimuli. Infants try to make sense of their world through sensory
perceptions and and motor activities such as looking, sucking, rooting, and grasping.
Interested in novelty, repetition; understands causality; solicits help from others
Simple problem solving; imitates
Develops object permanence; anticipates others' actions; differentiates familiar/unfamiliar objects -
correct answer ✔✔Sensorimotor stage
2-7 years. The child develops animism, egocentric thought, mental imagery, increasing language.
Preconceptual thought, artificialism, finalism. Use language to represent thoughts and ideas. - correct
answer ✔✔Preoperational stage
Indicates the the child does not yet understand what a concept involves, that is, that a concept refers to
a certain class of things which have a certain feature in common on the basis of which they can be
grouped together, even if they differ in another respects. In the preoperational stage. - correct answer
✔✔Preconceptual thought
Refers to the meaning that preschool children attach to "why?" questions. For young children the "why?"
question can have two different meanings. believe that everything, including death, must have a cause
no matter how insignificant, even if it
happens by chance. In the preoperational stage. - correct answer ✔✔Finalism
Refers to the child's belief that all the physical phenomena in the world are produced by people, for the
use of people. - correct answer ✔✔Artificialism
7 to 12 years. Understands relationships, classification, conservations, seriation, and reversibility. Have
difficulty in understanding objects and events the do not have concrete evidence. Logical reasoning
limited. Less egocentric thought. Can see another's point of view. - correct answer ✔✔Concrete
operations
13 years and older. Capable of systematic, abstract thought. Flexibility and adaptability. Make and test
hypotheses. Can solve most contradictions. Think about possibilities. - correct answer ✔✔Formal
operations
, A nurse is caring for a 2-year-old child who has been hospitalized for 12 hours. Which of the following
situations would most affect the child's behavior?
a. The presence of other children
b. A lack of familiar toys
c. The presence of nurses
d. The separation from parents - correct answer ✔✔D (Between the ages of 6 months and 2.5 years,
separation anxiety is very common. Separation from parents should be avoided when possible, due to
the distress it causes.)
The nurse provides anticipatory guidance to the parents of a 4-year old client. Which teaching points
does the nurse include?
a. Telling lies is normal in this age group.
b. Give Syrup of Ipecac for accidental ingestions.
c. Avoid giving raw carrots and grapes.
d. Nightmares and night terrors are common.
e. Ensure helmet use when riding a tricycle. - correct answer ✔✔A D E (Preschoolers are concrete and
magical thinkers and enjoy pretend play. They often are not able to differentiate fantasy from reality. The
parents need teaching to guide the child through this stage. Syrup of Ipecac is not routinely
recommended. Parents should always call Poison Control before treating the child who has ingested a
non-food substance. Raw carrots and whole grapes are safe for the child over age 3 years. These are
choking hazards for children younger than 3 years of age. Nightmares and night terrors are common in
the pre-school age group. Nightmares are decreased by limiting exposure to frightening images. Night
terrors are self-limiting. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the use of bicycle helmets
when riding a tricyle, while learning to ride a bicycle, and when riding a bike independently.)
A nurse is performing a developmental assessment on a 15-month-old. Which of the following findings is
of the most concern?
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