NR222 Final Exam Practice Questions
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
What is the primary reason students entering health-related fields study
developmental theories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Understanding developmental
theory helps the nurse better predict, detect, and prevent problems that
may impact a client's health.
A nurse assesses an infant's height, weight, and head circumference.
Which type of development is the healthcare professional assessing? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔biophysical
Cephalocaudal development means growth is ___________ at the top of
the body.
,Proximodistal development means growth starts at the ____________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔fastest
center
Which growth pattern represents proximodistal development?
The head develops faster than the arms and legs
The heart and lungs develop before the lower extremities
Grasps objects with hands before lifting head
Walks before crawling - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The heart and lungs develop
before the lower extremities
Match each one:
How our personality, thinking, and behavior develop
,How we learn to think and make sense of the world
How our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence beliefs about right
and wrong - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychosocial development theory
Cognitive development theory
Moral development theory
Match each one:
Theory of Psychosocial Development
Theory of Cognitive Development
Theory of Moral Development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawerence Kohlberg
What impact will be experienced by an individual who fails to achieve
developmental milestones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Future developmental
milestone achievement may be delayed.
These are examples of what type of growth:
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, Infants use the hands to grasp objects before they walk.
Head control is gained before the ability to sit up. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cephalocaudal
These are examples of what type of growth:
Infants learn to grasp objects with their palm before their fingers.
Infants gain control over the torso before the legs. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔proximodistal
Which theorist called theory components developmental tasks and
incorporated two opposing tasks for each age group? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔erikson
How does an understanding of various developmental theories promote
healthy interactions between individuals and health professionals? Select
all that apply.
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
What is the primary reason students entering health-related fields study
developmental theories? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Understanding developmental
theory helps the nurse better predict, detect, and prevent problems that
may impact a client's health.
A nurse assesses an infant's height, weight, and head circumference.
Which type of development is the healthcare professional assessing? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔biophysical
Cephalocaudal development means growth is ___________ at the top of
the body.
,Proximodistal development means growth starts at the ____________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔fastest
center
Which growth pattern represents proximodistal development?
The head develops faster than the arms and legs
The heart and lungs develop before the lower extremities
Grasps objects with hands before lifting head
Walks before crawling - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The heart and lungs develop
before the lower extremities
Match each one:
How our personality, thinking, and behavior develop
,How we learn to think and make sense of the world
How our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence beliefs about right
and wrong - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Psychosocial development theory
Cognitive development theory
Moral development theory
Match each one:
Theory of Psychosocial Development
Theory of Cognitive Development
Theory of Moral Development - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawerence Kohlberg
What impact will be experienced by an individual who fails to achieve
developmental milestones? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Future developmental
milestone achievement may be delayed.
These are examples of what type of growth:
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, Infants use the hands to grasp objects before they walk.
Head control is gained before the ability to sit up. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔cephalocaudal
These are examples of what type of growth:
Infants learn to grasp objects with their palm before their fingers.
Infants gain control over the torso before the legs. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔proximodistal
Which theorist called theory components developmental tasks and
incorporated two opposing tasks for each age group? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔erikson
How does an understanding of various developmental theories promote
healthy interactions between individuals and health professionals? Select
all that apply.
