NUR 208 Lesson 5 (Early Childhood) – Study Guide, Practice Questions
& Nursing Review
A 2-year-old should be able to: - ANS ✔✔run
Erik Erikson describes the major developmental task of the toddler to be: - ANS ✔✔autonomy.
A parent of a 24-month-old boy say that the child has frequent tantrums and that "no" is
becoming his favorite word. This behavior: - ANS ✔✔is a response to frustration in gaining
autonomy.
According to Piaget, magical thinking is the belief that: - ANS ✔✔dolls are real people.
Most children use sentences of five words by the age of ____ years. - ANS ✔✔5
When preparing parents to teach their children about sexuality, the health-care worker should
emphasize that they should: - ANS ✔✔expect some masturbatory behavior.
Although a 14-month-old girl received a shock from an electrical outlet recently, her mother
finds her about to place a paper clip in another outlet. The repeated behavior is due to: - ANS
✔✔inability to understand cause and effect.
When a toddler snatches a toy from another toddler, this behavior is: - ANS ✔✔typical behavior
because toddlers are egocentric.
Which nutritional recommendation will ensure the caloric and nutritional needs of young
children are met? - ANS ✔✔Provide nutrient dense foods.
, According to Kohlberg, the moral task of childhood is learning to: - ANS ✔✔share with others.
When a toddler acquires receptive language skills, the child is able to: - ANS ✔✔understand
simple messages.
A "time-out" for unacceptable behavior may be effective discipline for children between 1 and 6
years of age if the time-out period is no more than ____ minute(s) per year of child's age. - ANS
✔✔1
A 5-year-old boy has been having increasingly more frequent angry outbursts in preschool. For
the past 8 to 10 weeks, he had seven episodes of aggressiveness toward the other children and
the teachers. The best advice would be to: - ANS ✔✔take the child for a professional
psychosocial assessment.
An example of parallel play is a toddler: - ANS ✔✔sitting with another toddler playing with toys
without interaction.
Dental evaluations should start at the age of ____ months. - ANS ✔✔12
Toilet training is dependent on: - ANS ✔✔developing sphincter control.
The toddler is vulnerable to ear infections because: - ANS ✔✔there is a short, straight internal
ear canal leading to the oropharynx.
The preschool child learns socially acceptable behavior through the use of: - ANS ✔✔positive
reinforcement.
Age-appropriate literacy skills for a 24-month-old include the child taking a book and: - ANS
✔✔carrying it around the house.
& Nursing Review
A 2-year-old should be able to: - ANS ✔✔run
Erik Erikson describes the major developmental task of the toddler to be: - ANS ✔✔autonomy.
A parent of a 24-month-old boy say that the child has frequent tantrums and that "no" is
becoming his favorite word. This behavior: - ANS ✔✔is a response to frustration in gaining
autonomy.
According to Piaget, magical thinking is the belief that: - ANS ✔✔dolls are real people.
Most children use sentences of five words by the age of ____ years. - ANS ✔✔5
When preparing parents to teach their children about sexuality, the health-care worker should
emphasize that they should: - ANS ✔✔expect some masturbatory behavior.
Although a 14-month-old girl received a shock from an electrical outlet recently, her mother
finds her about to place a paper clip in another outlet. The repeated behavior is due to: - ANS
✔✔inability to understand cause and effect.
When a toddler snatches a toy from another toddler, this behavior is: - ANS ✔✔typical behavior
because toddlers are egocentric.
Which nutritional recommendation will ensure the caloric and nutritional needs of young
children are met? - ANS ✔✔Provide nutrient dense foods.
, According to Kohlberg, the moral task of childhood is learning to: - ANS ✔✔share with others.
When a toddler acquires receptive language skills, the child is able to: - ANS ✔✔understand
simple messages.
A "time-out" for unacceptable behavior may be effective discipline for children between 1 and 6
years of age if the time-out period is no more than ____ minute(s) per year of child's age. - ANS
✔✔1
A 5-year-old boy has been having increasingly more frequent angry outbursts in preschool. For
the past 8 to 10 weeks, he had seven episodes of aggressiveness toward the other children and
the teachers. The best advice would be to: - ANS ✔✔take the child for a professional
psychosocial assessment.
An example of parallel play is a toddler: - ANS ✔✔sitting with another toddler playing with toys
without interaction.
Dental evaluations should start at the age of ____ months. - ANS ✔✔12
Toilet training is dependent on: - ANS ✔✔developing sphincter control.
The toddler is vulnerable to ear infections because: - ANS ✔✔there is a short, straight internal
ear canal leading to the oropharynx.
The preschool child learns socially acceptable behavior through the use of: - ANS ✔✔positive
reinforcement.
Age-appropriate literacy skills for a 24-month-old include the child taking a book and: - ANS
✔✔carrying it around the house.
