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INATION An l
Illustrated Handbook 3rd l l
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Edition Duderstadt l
Chapterl1:lApproachltolCarelandlAssessmentloflChildrenlandlAdolescents
MULTIPLElCHOICE
1. Alnurselislreviewingldevelopmentallconceptslforlinfantslandlchildren.lWhichlstatementlbestldes
cribesldevelopmentlinlinfantslandlchildren?
a. Development,lalpredictablelandlorderlylprocess,loccurslatlvaryinglrateslwithinlnormalllimits.
b. Developmentlislprimarilylrelatedltolthelgrowthlinlthelnumberlandlsizeloflcells.
, c. Developmentloccurslinlalproximodistalldirectionlwithlfinelmuscleldevelopmentloccurringlfirs
t.
d. Developmentlislmoreleasilylandlaccuratelylmeasuredlthanlgrowth.
ANS:lA
Development,lalcontinuouslorderlylprocess,lprovideslthelbasislforlincreaseslinlthelchildslfunctionlandlc
omplexityloflbehavior.lThelincreaseslinlrateloflfunctionlandlcomplexitylcanlvarylnormallylwithinllimit
slforleachlchild.lAnlincreaselinlthelnumberlandlsizeloflcellslislaldefinitionlforlgrowth.lDevelopmentlproc
eedslinlalproximodistalldirectionlwithlfinelmusclelorganizationloccurringlaslalresultlofllargelmusclelor
ganization.lDevelopmentlislalmorelcomplexlprocesslthatlislaffectedlbylmanylfactors;ltherefore,litlislles
sleasilylandlaccuratelylmeasured.lGrowthlislalpredictablelprocesslwithlstandardlmeasurementlmethods
.
2. Frequentldevelopmentallassessmentslarelimportantlforlwhichlreason?
a. Stableldevelopmentallperiodslduringlinfancylprovidelanlopportunityltolidentifylanyldelayslorldefi
cits.
b. Infantslneedlstimulationlspecificltolthelstagelofldevelopment.
c. Criticallperiodslofldevelopmentloccurlduringlchildhood.
d. Childldevelopmentlislunpredictablelandlneedslmonitoring.
ANS:lC
Criticallperiodslarelblockslofltimelduringlwhichlchildrenlarelreadyltolmasterlspecificldevelopmentallta
sks.lChildrenlcanlmasterltheseltaskslmoreleasilylduringlparticularlperiodslofltimelinltheirlgrowthlandlde
velopmentallprocess.lInfancylislaldynamicltimelofldevelopmentlthatlrequireslfrequentlevaluationsltola
ssesslappropriateldevelopmentallprogress.lInfantslinlalnurturinglenvironmentlwillldeveloplappropriat
elylandlwilllnotlnecessarilylneedlstimulationlspecificltoltheirldevelopmentallstage.lNormallgrowthlandl
developmentlarelorderlylandlproceedlinlalpredictablelpatternlonlthelbasislofleachlindividualslabilitiesla
ndlpotentials.
3. Whichlfactorlhaslthelgreatestlinfluencelonlchildlgrowthlandldevelopment?
a. Culture
b. Environment
c. Genetics
, d. Nutrition
ANS:lC
Geneticlfactorsl(heredity)ldetermineleachlindividualslgrowthlandldevelopmentallrate.lAlthoughlfactor
slsuchlaslenvironment,lculture,lnutrition,landlfamilylcanlinfluencelgeneticltraits,ltheyldolnotleliminatelt
heleffectloflthelgeneticlendowment,lwhichlislpermanent.lCulturelislalsignificantlfactorlthatlinfluenceslh
owlchildrenlgrowltowardladulthood.lCulturelinfluenceslbothlgrowthlandldevelopmentlbutldoeslnotleli
minatelinbornlgeneticlinfluences.lEnvironmentlhaslalsignificantlrolelinldetermininglgrowthlandldevel
opmentlbothlbeforelandlafterlbirth.lThelenvironmentlcanlinfluencelhowlandltolwhichlextentlgeneticltra
itslarelmanifested,lbutlenvironmentallfactorslcannotleliminateltheleffectloflgenetics.lNutritionlislcritica
llforlgrowthlandlplayslalsignificantlrolelthroughoutlchildhood.
4. Alnurselislplanninglalteachinglsessionlwithlalchild.lAccordingltolPiagetianltheory,lthelperiodloflco
gnitiveldevelopmentlinlwhichlthelchildlislableltoldistinguishlfactlfromlfantasylislthelperiodloflcogniti
veldevelopment.
a. sensorimotor
, b. formalloperations
c. concreteloperations
d. preoperational
ANS:lC
Concreteloperationslislthelperiodloflcognitiveldevelopmentlinlwhichlchildrenslthinkinglislshiftedlfro
mlegocentricltolbeinglableltolseelanotherslpointloflview.lTheyldeveloplthelabilityltoldistinguishlfactlfro
mlfantasy.lThelsensorimotorlstageloccurslinlinfancylandlislalperiodloflreflexivelbehavior.lDuringlthisl
period,lthelinfantslworldlbecomeslmorelpermanentlandlorganized.lThelstagelendslwithlthelinfantldemo
nstratinglsomelevidenceloflreasoning.lFormalloperationslislalperiodlinldevelopmentlinlwhichlnewlidea
slarelcreatedlthroughlpreviouslthoughts.lAnalyticlreasonlandlabstractlthoughtlemergelinlthislperiod.lTh
elpreoperationallstagelislalperiodloflegocentrismlinlwhichlthelchildsljudgmentslarelillogicallandldomin
atedlbylmagicallthinkinglandlanimism.
5. Theltheoristlwholviewedldevelopmentallprogressionlaslallifelonglseriesloflconflictslthatlneedlreso
lutionlis:
a. Erikson.
b. Freud.
c. Kohlberg.
d. Piaget.
ANS:lA
EriklEriksonlviewedldevelopmentlaslalseriesloflconflictslaffectedlbylsociallandlculturallfactors.lEachlc
onflictlmustlbelresolvedlforlthelchildltolprogresslemotionally,lwithlunsuccessfullresolutionlleavinglthel
childlemotionallyldisabled.lSigmundlFreudlproposedlalpsychosexualltheorylofldevelopmentlinlwhichl
certainlpartsloflthelbodylassumelpsychologicallsignificancelaslfociloflsexuallenergy.lThelfocilshiftlaslth
elindividuallmoveslthroughltheldifferentlstagesl(oral,lanal,lphallic,llatency,landlgenital)lofldevelopmen
t.lLawrencelKohlbergldescribedlmoralldevelopment