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Deast7027 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

What describes the cognitive abilities of school-age children?

a. Have developed the ability to reason abstractly
b. Become capable of scientific reasoning and formal logic
c. Progress from making judgments based on what they reason to making judgments based on what they see
d. Have the ability to classify, group and sort, and hold a concept in their minds while making decisions based on that concept

Question 2

Which toys should a nurse provide to promote imaginative play for a 3-year-old hospitalized child (select all that apply)?

a. Plastic telephone
b. Hand puppets
c. Jigsaw puzzle (100 pieces)
d. Farm animals and equipment
e. Jump rope

ASDFGJLO · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
In Piaget's stage of concrete operations, children have the ability to group and sort and make conceptual decisions. Children cannot reason abstractly until late adolescence. Scientific reasoning and formal logic are skills of adolescents. Making judgments on what the child sees versus what he or she reasons is not a developmental skill.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, D
To promote imaginative play for a 3-year-old child, the nurse should provide: dress-up clothes, dolls and dollhouses, housekeeping toys, play-store toys, telephones, farm animals and equipment, village sets, trains, trucks, cars, planes, hand puppets, and medical kits. A 100-piece jigsaw puzzle and a jump rope would be appropriate for a young, school-age child but not a 3-year-old child.