Chapter 28 powerpoint questions

A nursing instructor asks a nursing student to describe the formal operations stage of Piaget's cognitive developmental theory. Which would be an appropriate response by the nursing student? A. "The child has the ability to think abstractly." B. "The child develops logical thought patterns." C. "The child begins to understand the environment." D. "The child has difficulty separating fantasy from reality."

A. "The child has the ability to think abstractly."

A mother of a 3-year-old tells a clinic nurse that the child is rebelling constantly and having temper tantrums. Using Erikson's psychosocial development theory, what should the nurse tell the mother? A. Set limits on the child's behavior. B. Ignore the child when this behavior occurs. C. Allow the behavior, because this is normal at this age period. D. Punish the child every time the child says, "no" to change the behavior.

A. Set limits on the child's behavior.

a nursing student is presenting a clinical conference on Freud's psychosexual stages of development, specifically the anal stage. which of the following statements most appropriately relates to this stage of development? A. This stage is associated with toilet training. B. This stage is characterized by gratification of self C. This stage is characterized by a tapering off of conscious biological and sexual urges. D. This stage is associated with pleasurable and conflicting feelings about the genital organs.

A. This stage is associated with toilet training.

The nurse understands that according to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, in the preconventional level, moral development is thought to be motivated by which of the following? A. peer pressure B. social pressures C. parents behavior D. punishment and reward

D. punishment and reward